Doctor's Building (Nashville, Tennessee)

Doctor's Building
Location 706 Church St., Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°9′44″N 86°46′59″W / 36.16222°N 86.78306°W / 36.16222; -86.78306Coordinates: 36°9′44″N 86°46′59″W / 36.16222°N 86.78306°W / 36.16222; -86.78306
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1910 (1910), 1921
Architect Dougherty and Gardner
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 85001607[1]
Added to NRHP July 25, 1985

The Doctor's Building[2] is a six-story commercial building in Nashville, Tennessee that was constructed in 1916 (some sources say 1910)[3][4] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

The building site was the former location of the home of railroad magnate Colonel E.W. Cole,[5] with his home being the last 19th-century mansion on Church Street. A new building, known as "The Doctor's Building" was then constructed as a three-story building, with medical offices on the upper floors, and retail shops on the ground floor. A few years later (in either 1916 or 1921), it had three more stories added, increasing its size to 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2).[6] The design, by architect Edward E. Dougherty of the architectural firm "Dougherty and Gardner" was of the elaborate Beaux-Arts or Renaissance Revival style. The exterior is sheathed with glazed polychrome terra cotta.[6][7]

In the 1940s and 1950s, the building consisted of office space for many of the city's doctors and dentists.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Note: The name of the building is variously spelled as "Doctor's Building" "Doctors' Building" and "Doctors Building"
  3. Rogers, Tom (July 19, 1981). "You can see city grow, strolling downtown". The Tennesseean. pp. F–1, F–2.
  4. Beasley, Kay (December 21, 1986). "Old building getting new sparkle". Nashville Banner.
  5. "Home of Colonel E.W. Cole". The News. August 26, 1999.
  6. 1 2 "Downtown Tour of Nashville's Historic Structures". The Tennessean. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  7. Christine M. Kreyling, Wesley Paine, Charles W. Warterfield, Susan Ford Wiltshire, Classical Nashville: Athens of the South, Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 1996, p. 60
  8. Ward, Getahn (October 19, 1998). "A glimpse into the future shows Church Street's past". Tennessean. p. 26.


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