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Image 1 of 1: Arlene Ziegler and Mabel Ward moved to Nashville from South Dakota and opened Satsuma Tea Room in 1918. They chose Nashville because of Ward’s previous experience in the city as a professor of home economics at George Peabody College for Teachers, later part of Vanderbilt University. They named their restaurant 'Satsuma,' the name of a variety of small oranges as well as the name for a type of pottery produced in Satsuma, Japan. They also published several recipe books, including the 1965 book Fun for the Cook. They sold the restaurant to David and Betty Smith, who continued to operate the restaurant until its closure in 2005. The building on 417 Union Street backs up to the historic Arcade between Fourth and Fifth Avenues North.
Arlene Ziegler and Mabel Ward moved to Nashville from South Dakota and opened Satsuma Tea Room in 1918. They chose Nashville because of Ward’s previous experience in the city as a professor of home economics at George Peabody College for Teachers, later part of Vanderbilt University. They named their restaurant 'Satsuma,' the name of a variety of small oranges as well as the name for a type of pottery produced in Satsuma, Japan. They also published several recipe books, including the 1965 book Fun for the Cook. They sold the restaurant to David and Betty Smith, who continued to operate the restaurant until its closure in 2005. The building on 417 Union Street backs up to the historic Arcade between Fourth and Fifth Avenues North.

Arlene Ziegler and Mabel Ward moved to Nashville from South Dakota and opened Satsuma Tea Room in 1918. They chose Nashville because of Ward’s previous experience in the city as a professor of home economics at George Peabody College for Teachers, later part of Vanderbilt University. They named their restaurant 'Satsuma,' the name of a variety of small oranges as well as the name for a type of pottery produced in Satsuma, Japan. They also published several recipe books, including the 1965 book Fun for the Cook. They sold the restaurant to David and Betty Smith, who continued to operate the restaurant until its closure in 2005. The building on 417 Union Street backs up to the historic Arcade between Fourth and Fifth Avenues North.

Satsuma Tea Room

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Arlene Ziegler and Mabel Ward moved to Nashville from South Dakota and opened Satsuma Tea Room in 1918. They chose Nashville because of Ward’s previous experience in the city as a professor of home economics at George Peabody College for Teachers, later part of Vanderbilt University. They named their restaurant 'Satsuma,' the name of a variety of small oranges as well as the name for a type of pottery produced in Satsuma, Japan. They also published several recipe books, including the 1965 book Fun for the Cook. They sold the restaurant to David and Betty Smith, who continued to operate the restaurant until its closure in 2005. The building on 417 Union Street backs up to the historic Arcade between Fourth and Fifth Avenues North.

Title Satsuma Tea Room
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Carole Bucy, Davidson County Historian; 2018
Date 1918
Address 417 Union Street, Nashville, TN, 37219
Type Building
Coverage Area 1
Source Arlene Ziegler, co-founder; Mabel Ward, co-founder
Contributor Truman David Smith; Betty J. Smith
Subject Businesses; Downtown; Food; LGBTQ; New Nashville; New South; Woman's Suffrage
Keywords Buildings, George Peabody College for Teachers, Japan, Recipes, Restaurants, South Dakota, World War I, Women, Satsuma Tea Room
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0