# Lindsley Hall

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**Lindsley Hall** is a historic building in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville,_Tennessee). Built in the antebellum South as the main building of the [University of Nashville](/source/University_of_Nashville), it served as a Union hospital during the Civil War.[2] It became the **Nashville Children's Museum** in 1945. In 1974 the museum moved to a new facility at 800 Fort Negley Boulevard, became the Cumberland Science Museum and is now known as the [Adventure Science Center](/source/Adventure_Science_Center).[3] The building is once again called Lindsley Hall and is used by the City of Nashville for Metro Government offices.[4]

## Location

The building is located at 724 2nd Avenue South in Nashville, the county seat of [Davidson County, Tennessee](/source/Davidson_County,_Tennessee) in the [Southern United States](/source/Southern_United_States).[5][6]

## History

The building, constructed with grey limestone, was completed in 1853.[6] It was designed by Prussian-born architect [Adolphus Heiman](/source/Adolphus_Heiman) in the [Gothic Revival architectural style](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture).[6] It was built as the main hall for the University of Nashville while the university was closed from 1850 to 1855 due to a cholera epidemic.[6] It was named Lindsley Hall in honor of Dr [John Berrien Lindsley](/source/John_Berrien_Lindsley), who served as the Chancellor of the University of Nashville from 1855 to its demise in 1873.[6][7] During the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), it was turned into a hospital for the [Union Army](/source/Union_Army) in 1862.[6]

From 1867 to 1905, the building was home to the [Montgomery Bell Academy](/source/Montgomery_Bell_Academy), [Peabody College](/source/Peabody_College), and the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal College (later renamed [Tennessee State University](/source/Tennessee_State_University), a historically black university).[6] From 1914 to 1925, it was home to the [Vanderbilt University School of Medicine](/source/Vanderbilt_University_School_of_Medicine).[6] Later, it was used as an armory for the [Tennessee State Guard](/source/Tennessee_State_Guard) and as a public health center.[6] The building was the location of the Nashville Children's Museum from 1945 to 1974.[6][8] More recently, it was renovated as an office building to [USGBC](/source/U.S._Green_Building_Council) [LEED](/source/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design) Silver standard in 2011.[9]

## Architectural significance

It has been listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Davidson_County,_Tennessee) since May 6, 1971.[5]

## References

1. ["Lindsley Hall, The Old and the New"](http://nashvillehistory.blogspot.com/2015/09/lindsley-hall-old-and-new.html). Nashville History blog. September 27, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2016.

1. ["Overview"](http://www.adventuresci.org/overview/). Adventure Science Center. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160723112529/http://www.adventuresci.org/overview/) July 23, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 19, 2016.

1. ["General Services Department Directory"](http://www.nashville.gov/General-Services/Department-Directory.aspx). City of Nashville. Retrieved July 19, 2016.

1. ["Nashville Children's Museum"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/71000818). National Park Service. Retrieved October 8, 2015.

1. ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Nashville Children's Museum, or Lindsley Hall, University of Nashville"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=d32656c5-019f-4d9d-a902-2ce023badb8d). National Park Service. Retrieved October 8, 2015.

1. Conkin, Paul Keith (2002). [*Peabody College: From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning*](https://books.google.com/books?id=T0_vLSBrqNIC&q=john+berrien+lindsley&pg=PA74). Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 73–102. ISBN 0826514251. [OCLC 50228629](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50228629)

1. ["Our History"](http://www.adventuresci.org/our-history). *Adventure Science Center*. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

1. ["Lindsley Hall"](https://www.usgbc.org/projects/lindsley-hall). *U.S. Green Building Council*. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

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