Davidson County Courthouse - Nashville City Hall

	Davidson County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Davidson County Courthouse
Location	Public Sq., Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°10′2″N 86°46′43″W / 36.16722°N 86.77861°W
Built	1936-37
Architect	Frederic Charles Hirons; Woolwine, Emmons
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	87000670
Added to NRHP	March 23, 1987

Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built during 1936–37 in Nashville, Tennessee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

It is an eight-story steelframe building sheathed with light beige Indiana limestone and gray-green granite as trim at entrances. It was designed by Nashville architect Emmons H. Woolwine and Hirons and Dennison of New York, who won a design competition for the project. It was the first building with central air conditioning in Davidson County.^[2]

The building is also Nashville's City Hall and houses the offices of the Mayor of Nashville and the Nashville City Council, therein.^[3]

On May 30, 2020, the building was affected by fire started by rioters.^[4] Despite damage, the courthouse still reopened on June 1, 2020,^[5] with at least one suspected arsonist arrested.^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ David Paine (November 24, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Davidson County Courthouse / Metropolitan Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved January 28, 2017. with photos
^ "Public Square and Davidson County Courthouse | Downtown Nashville".
^ "Nashville police: Arrest made in historic courthouse fire".
^ "Nashville courthouse reopens Monday after destructive protests". June 2020.
^ "Nashville police arrest City Hall arson suspect".

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] David Paine (November 24, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Davidson County Courthouse / Metropolitan Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved January 28, 2017. with photos

[3] "Public Square and Davidson County Courthouse | Downtown Nashville".

[4] "Nashville police: Arrest made in historic courthouse fire".

[5] "Nashville courthouse reopens Monday after destructive protests". June 2020.

[6] "Nashville police arrest City Hall arson suspect".

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