The Hotel Tulane was built in 1894 in the Renaissance Revival style. Originally named the Nicholson Hotel, the structure was built on former site of an upscale boarding house and residence of I.C. Nicholson. In 1896 the hotel was expanded, renovated, and renamed “Tulane” after a relative of one of the new owners. In 1897, it housed visitors from all over the world during the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Anne Dallas Dudley and several other women met in a parlor of the Hotel Tulane and founded the Nashville Equal Suffrage League to support the right of women to vote in 1911. In 1947, National Life and Accident Company established Castle Studio, Nashville first major recording studio at the site. The Tulane closed in April 1956 and was razed in November of the same year.
Hotel Tulane
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The Hotel Tulane was built in 1894 in the Renaissance Revival style. Originally named the Nicholson Hotel, the structure was built on former site of an upscale boarding house and residence of I.C. Nicholson. In 1896 the hotel was expanded, renovated, and renamed “Tulane” after a relative of one of the new owners. In 1897, it housed visitors from all over the world during the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Anne Dallas Dudley and several other women met in a parlor of the Hotel Tulane and founded the Nashville Equal Suffrage League to support the right of women to vote in 1911. In 1947, National Life and Accident Company established Castle Studio, Nashville first major recording studio at the site. The Tulane closed in April 1956 and was razed in November of the same year.