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If an image is displaying, you can download it yourself. Government images copied from other sources may be restricted. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Ultimately, it is the researcher's obligation to assess copyright or other use restrictions and obtain permission from third parties when necessary before publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections.įor information about reproducing, publishing, and citing material from this collection, as well as access to the original items, see: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscape Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material. The Library of Congress does not own rights to material in its collections. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S.Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress).The scale of the structure, the attention to design detail both on its interior and exterior, and the fact that it was built with elevators in place, all serve as an expression of the firm's expansion and confidence at the time of construction.īuilding/structure dates: ca. The Jesse French Piano and Organ Company building was located in the heart of Nashville's downtown area in a street frequented by middle and upper class women. As a result, French's company, which sold several brands of pianos and organs, grew rapidly and established retail outlets in a number of major cities across the South. During that era, a piano embodied respectability, civility and the 'cultural refinement associated with England's Victorian lifestyle' and was therefore a common feature of middle class American parlors. Its eponymous owner was a canny and musically-inclined businessman whose firm flourished in the latter part of the nineteenth century by meeting the growing demand for pianos. The original occupant of the building was the Jesse French Piano & Organ Company which had been founded in Nashville in the 1870s.

It is a four story commercial brick construction, built broadly in a Queen Anne style, and has an elaborate sheet metal façade that is one the most ornate in downtown Nashville. Significance: The Jesse French Piano & Organ Company Building was erected in ca. Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Jesse French Piano and Organ Building, 240 5th Avenue North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN.

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