8 Historical Sites to See in Nashville
Where to Discover Nashville’s History?
It’s impossible to talk about Nashville without talking about country music, and many of the city’s historic sites memorialize the genre’s history in its hometown. Music lovers won’t want to miss a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame or a show at the famed Ryman Auditorium, country music’s first great stage.
Nashville’s historic sites touch on the Civil War and women’s suffrage and reckon with the city’s fraught history of slavery. Music City’s lesser-known nickname, the Athens of the South, refers to the striking Greek Revival architectural style in which many of its historic buildings were constructed. Read on for the top historical sites to explore in Nashville.
1. Ryman Auditorium
Country music’s most hallowed ground
Ideal para: História, Vida noturna
The world-renowned Ryman Auditorium helped establish Nashville as the country music capital it is today. Constructed in 1892 as a religious tabernacle, the venue gradually transitioned into a live music performance venue, showcasing country music icons like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams.
Today, up-and-coming country artists grace the stage at the Ryman alongside stars like Dolly Parton and Bruce Springsteen. The auditorium is known for its tremendous acoustics and spiritual atmosphere, with wooden-pew seating and light streaming in through stained-glass windows. Tour this historic venue with a guide for an opportunity to set foot on its hallowed stage.
Localização: 116 5th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37219, USA
Abre: Daily from 9 am to 4 pm
Telefone: +1 800-733-6779
Ryman Auditorium
2. Music Row
Home to renowned recording studios and record labels
Ideal para: História, Casais
Music Row has been the epicentre of Nashville’s music industry since the 1950s. Just southwest of downtown, the area is home to legendary recording studios like RCA Studio B and Columbia Studio A, which recorded the likes of Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan, respectively.
The neighbourhood’s unassuming brick buildings can’t be called a tourist attraction, but musicophiles will want to take a stroll on these historic streets. Keep your eyes peeled for commemorative plaques and your ears open for melodies leaking from still-active studio windows.
Music Row
3. The Hermitage Hotel
Old-world luxury and suffragette history
Ideal para: História, Luxo, Foto
The Hermitage Hotel is Nashville’s grandest hotel and a treasured historic landmark. The hotel was infamously the site of the final battle to secure women’s suffrage with Tennessee’s ratification of the 19th Amendment in the summer of 1920. Located just across the street from the capitol building, the hotel was filled with pro- and anti-suffrage campaigners donning their yellow and red roses for months leading up to the historic day.
Lavish in its design, the Hermitage Hotel has a stately exterior and magnificent Beaux Arts interior with a painted glass ceiling and glittering chandeliers. The hotel’s basement holds a stunning surprise: an Art Deco men’s room with bold black and green tiling, which was once crowned America’s most beautiful restroom.
Localização: 231 6th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37219, USA
Telefone: +1 615-244-3121
The Hermitage Hotel
4. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Record of the legacies of country music legends
Ideal para: História, Famílias
No visit to Nashville is complete without a visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Visitors to the ever-popular site will admire treasures like Hank Williams’ Martin D-28 Guitar and Johnny Cash’s iconic black suit while listening to classic and contemporary favourites and learning the genre’s history and evolution. Country music’s most legendary figures are memorialized in the reverent Hall of Fame Rotunda.
If visiting with kids, be sure to check out the Taylor Swift Education Center for interactive demonstrations and workshops. The Hall of Fame is in the city’s SoBro entertainment district, surrounded by the bars and honky-tonks of Lower Broadway.
Localização: 222 Rep. John Lewis Way S, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Abre: Daily from 9 am to 5 pm
Telefone: +1 615-416-2001
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
5. RCA Studio B
A world-famous recording studio
Ideal para: História, Casais
RCA Studio B is one of the most iconic recording studios in music history. Located in Music Row, the hub of Nashville’s recording industry, Studio B was the birthplace of legendary recordings in the 1960s and 70s, including more than 200 tracks by Elvis Presley. It’s known to have developed the \“Nashville Sound,\” which is smoother and more orchestrated than the honky-tonk that preceded it.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum operates 5 daily tours of Studio B, giving visitors a chance to experience the infamous studio’s intimate magic. On the tour, visitors will hear some of the tracks recorded here, get behind-the-scenes insight into studio operations and even get to sit at Elvis’s baby grand.
Localização: 1611 Roy Acuff Pl, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Abre: Daily from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm
Telefone: +1 615-416-2001
RCA Studio B
6. Tennessee State Capitol
Free tours at Nashville’s 19th-century legislative building
Ideal para: História, Foto
Tennessee’s State Capitol is one of the oldest working capitol buildings in the country. Perched atop a hill in downtown Nashville, the building is an architectural landmark, built in the Greek Revival style with massive stately columns. A peculiar detail: the architect died before the capitol’s completion in 1859 and is buried inside its granite walls.
The capitol’s free guided tours depart 6 times per day and come highly recommended. Docents offer extensive information on the building’s history and the operation of the state government. To the north of the capitol building, the 4.5-hectare Bicentennial Park features an enormous granite map of the state, wide walking paths and fountains.
Localização: 600 Dr. M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Nashville, TN 37243, USA
Abre: Monday–Friday from 9 am to 4 pm (closed on Saturdays and Sundays)
Telefone: +1 615-360-4326
Tennessee State Capitol
7. Fort Negley
Panoramic views from this hilltop fort
Ideal para: História, Foto
The ruins of Fort Negley look out over the city from the grassy slopes of St. Cloud Hill. The star-shaped fortification was erected in 1862 when Union forces occupied Nashville, a transportation hub that proved to be a critical strategic stronghold. Named a UNESCO Site of Memory for its association with slavery, the limestone fort was constructed primarily by a conscripted labour force of formerly enslaved people.
Although these days there is little left of the fort itself, the site is certainly worth a visit for its history and its views of the city. While the park is open anytime from dawn to dusk, stop by during the Visitor Center’s open hours for a history lesson before you embark.
Localização: 1100 Fort Negley Blvd, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Abre: Tuesday–Friday from noon to 4 pm, Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm (closed on Sundays and Mondays)
Telefone: +1 615-862-8470
Fort Negley
8. Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery
Historic home tours that conclude with wine tasting
Ideal para: História, Casais
Established in 1807, Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery has played a number of roles in its long history, from plantation house to Civil War hospital to winery. Today its central role is as a museum, giving a glimpse into the antebellum South via its beautifully preserved 19th-century home decorated with period art and furnishings.
Take the Maison Tour to explore the property and learn about the resident Harding and Jackson families, then continue with Journey to Jubilee to dive into the stories of the Black Americans who were enslaved here. Every tour ends with a complimentary tasting of 4 wines made on the property, including the visitor-favourite blackberry wine.
Localização: 5025 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205, USA
Abre: Daily from 9 am to 5 pm
Telefone: +1 615-356-0501
Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery
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