Utopia Hotel

The Utopia Hotel is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee.

Utopia Hotel
The former Utopia Hotel, January 2014
Location206 4th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Coordinates36°9′51″N 86°46′43″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1891
ArchitectHugh Cathcart Thompson
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.79002428[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1979

Location

The building is located at 206 4th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] The street was called the "Men's Quarter," where no respectable woman would venture.[2]

History

The hotel was built in 1891 to the design of architect Hugh Cathcart Thompson.[2] It was built to accommodate the visitors of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.[2] It has six storeys.[2]

In 1904, it became home to a restaurant, where many men would have lunch on their workdays.[3] It was dedicated with a dinner for the Nashville Press Club.[3] Later, it became home to a laundromat called Downtown Cleaners and a strip club called Brass Stables.[4]

In 2014, it was scheduled to be turned into a luxury hotel alongside other buildings around it, with developer Bill Barkley and investors Alex Marks and Billy Frist at the helm.[4]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings since March 26, 1979.

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