Nashville Arcade

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Nashville Arcade | nrhp_type = | image = NashvilleArcade.jpg | caption = 5th Avenue facade | location = Between 4th and 5th Aves., Nashville, Tennessee | coordinates = {{coord|36|9|51|N|86|46|48|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Tennessee#USA | built = 1902 | architect = Edgefield & Nashville Co. | architecture = | added = May 22, 1973 | area = {{convert|5|acre}} | refnum = 73001761<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }} '''The Arcade''' is a covered shopping arcade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1902.

==History== The arcade was developed by Daniel Franklin Carter Buntin and constructed by the Edgefield and Nashville Manufacturing Company.<ref name=ArcNRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=73001761}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nashville Arcade |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=June 9, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=73001761|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}</ref> It was Nashville's first shopping center, replacing the former Overton Alley. Located between Fourth and Fifth avenues,

thumb|upright=1.2|right|Interior view facing west toward 5th Avenue The Arcade is at the center of the downtown Nashville Arts District and houses an arts community.

==Architectural design== The arcade was designed by Thompson, Gibel, and Asmus.<ref name=nrhpdoc-ThirdBaptist>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79002427}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Third Baptist Church / Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church and Parsonage |publisher=National Park Service|author=David H. Paine |date=August 1979 |accessdate=December 13, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=79002427|photos=y|title=eight photos from 1979}}.</ref> It was modeled after an arcade in Italy.<ref name=ArcFrommers>"[http://www.frommers.com/destinations/nashville/0019010008.html#ixzz0L5KSqKuj&D Nashville: Walking Tours]", Frommer's.</ref> The entrances consist of identical Palladian facades. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 22, 1973.<ref name="nris"/>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Nashville area malls and shopping centers}}

Category:Buildings and structures in Nashville, Tennessee Category:Shopping malls established in 1902 Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Category:Shopping malls in Tennessee Category:Art Deco architecture in Tennessee Category:Shopping arcades in the United States Category:Tourist attractions in Nashville, Tennessee Category:National Register of Historic Places in Nashville, Tennessee Category:1902 establishments in Tennessee