Richland Hall
Appearance
Richland Hall | |
![]() Richland Hall in 2014 | |
Location | 4822 Charlotte Ave., Nashville, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°9′8″N 86°50′45″W / 36.15222°N 86.84583°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1894 |
Built by | Bowling, J. A. & Sons |
NRHP reference No. | 83003028[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 1, 1983 |
Richland Hall is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It was completed in 1894.
History
[edit]The three-story red brick building was completed in 1894.[2] It was built by James A. Bowling, whose money came from the sale of prison farmland.[3] The West Nashville Masonic Lodge was founded there in 1898.[4] The building was used by the Freemasons from 1901 to 1915.[4] In the 1920s, rooms on the third floor were rented as the Richland Hall Hotel.[3]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Richland Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Eaves, Yvonne; Eckert, Doug (2011). Nashville's Sylvan Park. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439641620.
- ^ a b "Richland Hall". West Nashville Masonic Lodge #612. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ "Richland Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
Categories:
- Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- Buildings and structures completed in 1894
- Buildings and structures in Nashville, Tennessee
- Former Masonic buildings in Tennessee
- National Register of Historic Places in Nashville, Tennessee
- Middle Tennessee Registered Historic Place stubs