Young Women's Christian Association Building (Nashville, Tennessee)

Young Women's Christian Association Building
The Young Women's Christian Association Building in 2014
Location 211 7th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates 36°9′46″N 86°47′00.4″W / 36.16278°N 86.783444°W / 36.16278; -86.783444Coordinates: 36°9′46″N 86°47′00.4″W / 36.16278°N 86.783444°W / 36.16278; -86.783444
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1911
Architect Shattuck and Hussey
Architectural style Georgian Revival
NRHP reference # 82001727[1]
Added to NRHP December 16, 1982

The Young Women's Christian Association Building, also known as the Jacques-Miller Office Building, is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Location

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

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

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 16, 1982.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Young Women's Christian Association Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Young Women's Christian Association Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ Google Maps
  5. ↑ 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.
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