Frost Building (Nashville, Tennessee)

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Frost Building
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The Frost Building in 2010
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Location161 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates 36°9′38″N86°47′0″W / 36.16056°N 86.78333°W / 36.16056; -86.78333 Coordinates: 36°9′38″N86°47′0″W / 36.16056°N 86.78333°W / 36.16056; -86.78333
Arealess than one acre
Built1913 (1913)
Built bySelden Breck
ArchitectHart-Gardner
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 80003791 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1980

The Frost Building is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It was built in the 1910s for the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Location

The building is located at 161 8th Avenue North in Nashville, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, USA. [2] [3] It stands to the left of the Savage House, another historic building listed on the NRHP.

History

The four-story building was completed in 1913. [3] It was constructed with gray granite. [3] It was designed in the Neoclassical architectural style. [3] It was built as a Sunday school and publishing house for the Southern Baptist Convention. [3] The building was named in honor of Dr James Marion Frost, a Southern Baptist preacher. [3]

In 1979, the building was renovated by the Baptist Sunday School Board, and in 1993, the firm of Hart Freeland Roberts used photographs to restore the office of Dr. Frost. [3] [4]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 25, 1980. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Frost Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Frost Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  4. van West, Carroll (2015). Nashville Architecture: A Guide to the City (2nd ed.). University of Tennessee Press. ISBN   9781572339200.