The Stahlman

The Stahlman
The Stahlman is located in Tennessee
The Stahlman
The Stahlman is located in the United States
The Stahlman
LocationThird Avenue, North and Union Street, Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates36°09′56″N 86°46′42″W / 36.16556°N 86.77833°W / 36.16556; -86.77833 (Nashville Financial Historic District)
Arealess than one acre
Built1907 (1907)
ArchitectJames Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr. and Walter D. Blair
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
Part ofNashville Financial Historic District (ID02000232[1])
Designated CPMarch 20, 2002

The Stahlman is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. It was completed in 1907 for Major Edward Bushrod Stahlman.

History

It was built by Major Edward Bushrod Stahlman.[2] When the Stahlman building opened in 1907, it housed the Fourth National Bank. The original vault still resides in the basement. It remained in the Stahlman family until the 1950s.[3]

Over 100 years old, the building has been renovated into loft apartments and retail space.}[4] Since 1967, its roof has featured large neon letters spelling the callsign of radio station WKDF (and before that, its predecessor, WKDA), which occupied part of the building until moving to new facilities in 1978.[3]

Stahlman Building Nashville 2018 from the southeast

Architectural significance

The building was designed by architects James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr. and Walter D. Blair.[4] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Nashville Financial Historic District since March 20, 2002.[5]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Major E. B. Stahlman". The Tennessean. August 13, 1930. p. 4. Retrieved December 19, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nashville Financial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 24, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  4. ^ a b "The Stahlman". Emporis Buildings. Archived from the original on May 10, 2005. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
  5. ^ "Nashville Financial Historic District". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
Preceded by Tallest Building in Nashville
1908—1957
54m 		Succeeded by


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