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Image 1 of 1: The building that housed McClellan's was built in 1882 as a store front to house Ocean Confectionary until the mid-1920s, when McClellan's came to the location in 1927. McClellan's was a five and dime store, which was involved in the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins. The store closed for a short period of time for remodeling but reopened in May 18, 1942. The store stayed open into the 1980s. It is a three-story building in the commercial Italianate style. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in the 1980s as a part of the Fifth Ave Historic District.
The building that housed McClellan's was built in 1882 as a store front to house Ocean Confectionary until the mid-1920s, when McClellan's came to the location in 1927. McClellan's was a five and dime store, which was involved in the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins. The store closed for a short period of time for remodeling but reopened in May 18, 1942. The store stayed open into the 1980s. It is a three-story building in the commercial Italianate style. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in the 1980s as a part of the Fifth Ave Historic District.

The building that housed McClellan's was built in 1882 as a store front to house Ocean Confectionary until the mid-1920s, when McClellan's came to the location in 1927. McClellan's was a five and dime store, which was involved in the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins. The store closed for a short period of time for remodeling but reopened in May 18, 1942. The store stayed open into the 1980s. It is a three-story building in the commercial Italianate style. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in the 1980s as a part of the Fifth Ave Historic District.

McClellan Store

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The building that housed McClellan's was built in 1882 as a store front to house Ocean Confectionary until the mid-1920s, when McClellan's came to the location in 1927. McClellan's was a five and dime store, which was involved in the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins. The store closed for a short period of time for remodeling but reopened in May 18, 1942. The store stayed open into the 1980s. It is a three-story building in the commercial Italianate style. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in the 1980s as a part of the Fifth Ave Historic District.

Title McClellan Store
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Jessica Reeves, Staff; 2019; Philip Staffelli, Intern; 2019
Date 1882
Address 231 Fifth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219
Type Building
Coverage Area 1
Source Ocean Confectionary, first owner
Contributor McClellan; Rymer Gallery
Subject Businesses; Civil Rights; Downtown; New South; Protests
Keywords American Baptist College, Buildings, Desegregation, Fisk University, Retail, Sit-Ins, Tennessee State University
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0