The Southern Methodist Publishing House is a historic building in

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, USA.

Location

The building is located at 810 Broadway in Nashville, the county seat of

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. It is located on the corner of

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and Ninth Avenue.

History

The Southern Methodist Publishing House was first established by Reverend

Alexander Little Page Green Alexander Little Page Green (a.k.a. "A.L.P. Green") (1806 or 1807 – July 15, 1874) was an American Methodist leader, slaveholder, and co-founder of Vanderbilt University. He was the founder of the Southern Methodist Publishing House. He was instr ...

. The five-storey building was completed in 1906. It was built with steel and concrete, with a limestone and brick facade. There is also a basement. It was designed in the Commercial architectural style, with Neoclassical finishes. It was built as a publishing house for the

Methodist Episcopal Church, South The Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MEC, S; also Methodist Episcopal Church South) was the American Methodist denomination resulting from the 19th-century split over the issue of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). Disagreement ...

. In 1957, the building was converted into an annex for the

University of Tennessee at Nashville The University of Tennessee at Nashville was a branch campus of the UT system which existed from 1968 to 1979. History The branch grew out of an adult education extension program which the University had operated in Nashville since 1947, and UTN ...

. However, the university moved out of the building by the 1970s.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the

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since September 13, 1984.

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