Young Women's Christian Association Building (Nashville, Tennessee)
The Young Women's Christian Association Building, also known as the Jacques-Miller Office Building, is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Young Women's Christian Association Building | |
The Young Women's Christian Association Building in 2014 | |
| Location | 211 7th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 36°9′46″N 86°47′00.4″W / 36.16278°N 86.783444°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | Shattuck and Hussey |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001727[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1982 |
Location edit
The building is in Nashville, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.[2][3] It is located downtown, at 211 7th Avenue North,[3] between Church Street and Union Street, opposite the back of the Sheraton Nashville Downtown.[4]
History edit
The six-storey building was completed in 1911.[3] It was designed in the Georgian Revival architectural style by Shattuck and Hussey, an architectural firm based in Chicago.[3] Inside, there is a large cast-iron neweled staircase.[3] Percy Warner, a prominent Nashville businessman, served as Chairman of the Building Committee.[3] It was dedicated on May 9, 1911.[3]
The building was home to the Nashville chapter of the Young Women's Christian Association.[3] The association offered boarding facilities for Christian women as well as a gymnasium and a job centre.[3] The first floor was home to the Ophelia Clifton Atchison Memorial Library, named for the mother of Nashville banker and philanthropist, John Hill Eakin.[3]
The first chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Nashville No. 1, rented the Vespers room of the YWCA building from 1917 to 1927 for their meetings.[5]
In 1982, the building was redeveloped as an office building.[3] It was renamed the Jacques-Miller Office Building.[3]
Architectural significance edit
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 16, 1982.[2]
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Young Women's Christian Association Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ Simpson, John A. (2003). Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends: Guardians of the Lost Cause in the Confederate Veteran. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781572332119. OCLC 428118511.