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Image 1 of 1: Located in the Printers Alley National Register Historic District, Nashville's historic First National Bank was completed in 1905. Designed by the architecture firm Barnett, Hayes and Barnett, this twelve story office building was one of Nashville's first skyscrapers. Third National Bank acquired the building in 1938 and doubled its size. Concurrently, new Art Deco detailing replaced the exterior’s original Neo-Classical ornamentation. After sitting empty for almost eleven years, it avoided demolition due to its 1997 renovation into the Courtyard by Marriott Nashville Downtown. First National Bank is among the tallest structures in the Printers Alley Historic District.
Located in the Printers Alley National Register Historic District, Nashville's historic First National Bank was completed in 1905. Designed by the architecture firm Barnett, Hayes and Barnett, this twelve story office building was one of Nashville's first skyscrapers. Third National Bank acquired the building in 1938 and doubled its size. Concurrently, new Art Deco detailing replaced the exterior’s original Neo-Classical ornamentation. After sitting empty for almost eleven years, it avoided demolition due to its 1997 renovation into the Courtyard by Marriott Nashville Downtown. First National Bank is among the tallest structures in the Printers Alley Historic District.

Located in the Printers Alley National Register Historic District, Nashville's historic First National Bank was completed in 1905. Designed by the architecture firm Barnett, Hayes and Barnett, this twelve story office building was one of Nashville's first skyscrapers. Third National Bank acquired the building in 1938 and doubled its size. Concurrently, new Art Deco detailing replaced the exterior’s original Neo-Classical ornamentation. After sitting empty for almost eleven years, it avoided demolition due to its 1997 renovation into the Courtyard by Marriott Nashville Downtown. First National Bank is among the tallest structures in the Printers Alley Historic District.

Historic First National Bank

36.163563, -86.778755

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Located in the Printers Alley National Register Historic District, Nashville's historic First National Bank was completed in 1905. Designed by the architecture firm Barnett, Hayes and Barnett, this twelve story office building was one of Nashville's first skyscrapers. Third National Bank acquired the building in 1938 and doubled its size. Concurrently, new Art Deco detailing replaced the exterior’s original Neo-Classical ornamentation. After sitting empty for almost eleven years, it avoided demolition due to its 1997 renovation into the Courtyard by Marriott Nashville Downtown. First National Bank is among the tallest structures in the Printers Alley Historic District.

Title Historic First National Bank
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Tim Walker, NHF Executive Director; 2018
Date 1905; 1997
Address 170 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219
Type Building
Coverage Area 1
Source Barnett, Haynes and Barnett, architecture firm
Contributor First National Bank; Independent Life; Third National Bank; J.C. Bradford; Courtyard by Marriott
Subject Architecture; Businesses; Downtown; Industry; New South; National Register of Historic Places
Keywords Adaptive Reuse, Art Deco, Banks, Buildings, Commerce, Neoclassical, Skyscrapers, Wall Street of the South, National Register District, Historic First National Bank
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0