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Nashville leaves building preservation money on the table
As the battle between growth and preservation rages, Nashville rarely uses the most lucrative incentive to rehabilitate old buildings, and lags drastically behind Memphis, Knoxville and even Chattanooga over the past 14 years. The federal historic [...]
Fire Hall’s Remake Sets up New Historical Links
Five years after a fire scorched its walls, the Fire Hall for Engine Company No. 18 is being recognized as the newest addition to the National Register of Historic Places, adding new characters to Nashville’s [...]
DESIGNER SAVES FORMER FIRE HOUSE FROM WRECKING BALL
WSMV Channel 4 Not all of the construction going on in Nashville means something brand new. An old east Nashville firehouse is new again thanks to the efforts of one tireless woman. (3/14/16) SOURCE: http://www.wsmv.com/clip/12284729/designer-saves-former-fire-house-from-wrecking-ball [...]
THE STATION FEATURED ON ANTIQUE ARCHEOLOGY WEBSITE
The Historic Fire Hall for Engine Co.18 in Nashville, Tennessee is known and loved by many. It served as a fire station from 1930 to 1986. Due to neglect, the building became an eyesore and [...]
NEWS CHANNEL 5: RESTORATION OF HISTORIC FIRE HALL HITS SNAG
"I am one of hundreds of people who drove by the building a hundred times saying, 'What is going on with that building,'" Karen Goodlow explained. Karen and her husband, Gary, began the restoration project [...]
KICKSTARTER LAUNCHED TO SAVE FIREHOUSE
The new owner of the once-dilapidated firehouse on Gallatin Avenue in East Nashville is asking for financial help to bring new life to the historic structure. Nashville interior designer Karen Goodlow — who took ownership of [...]
DILAPIDATED FIREHOUSE GETS NEW LIFE
From left to right: Lori Walters from Winn Engineering, Karen from Karen Goodlow Designs, Lisa de Araujo Jorge from A&M Builders and Karina Young from Organicus Architecture.[/caption] A local resident with a passion for [...]
HISTORIC FIRE HALL AT RISK OF DEMOLITION
Neighbors in east Nashville are fighting to keep the city from tearing down a fire hall with a lot of history. The city says the building isn't safe, but one group says it needs [...]
COURTS ASKED TO HALT DEMOLITION
A North Edgefield neighborhood group filed a petition Monday in Davidson County Chancery Court to suspend a demolition order for a historic East Nashville fire hall, continuing an 18-month fight against Walmart for the building’s [...]
GALLATIN ROAD FIRE HALL TO BE SAVED
Nashville, Tenn. – Dec. 2, 2011 – After serving its community as a firehouse for more than 40 years, and with hopes for a neighborhood art center left unrealized, the historic Gallatin Road Fire Hall [...]
ONCE SLATED FOR AN ARTS CENTER, FIRE COULD GIVE HISTORIC FIRE HALL TO WALMART
East Nashville community leaders had big plans for the historic Gallatin Road Fire Hall when they fought to keep the building from being torn down by Walmart several years ago. But those plans never [...]