The Stahlman is a historic building in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...

, U.S. It was completed in 1907 for Major

Edward Bushrod Stahlman Edward Bushrod Stahlman (September 2, 1843 – August 12, 1930) was a German-born American railroad executive, newspaper publisher and real estate investor. He was the vice president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Louisville, N ...

History

It was built by Major

. When the Stahlman building opened in 1907, it housed the Fourth National Bank. The original vault still resides in the basement. It remained in the Stahlman family until the 1950s. With Over 100 years old, the building has been renovated into loft apartments and retail space.} Since 1967, its roof has featured large neon letters spelling the callsign of radio station

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(and before that, its predecessor, WKDA), which occupied part of the building until moving to new facilities in 1978. Stahlman Building Nashville 2018 from the southeast

Stahlman Building Nashville 2018 from the southeast

Architectural significance

The building was designed by architects

James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr. James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr. (January 7, 1867 – June 11, 1932) was the leading architect of luxury residential high-rise buildings in New York City in the early 1900s. Biography He studied at the University of Tennessee and at the Mas ...

and Walter D. Blair. It has been listed on the

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as a contributing property to the Nashville Financial Historic District since March 20, 2002.

References

External links

The Stahlman Official Site
Skyscrapers in Nashville, Tennessee Office buildings completed in 1907 1907 establishments in Tennessee Beaux-Arts architecture in Tennessee Residential skyscrapers in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, Tennessee {{Tennessee-struct-stub