Help Name the Nashville 9

Historic Nashville is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Nashville Nine, our annual list of neglected and endangered historic properties, including landmarks, bridges, signs, and neighborhoods in Nashville and Davidson County. If you check the map of past Nashville Nine properties, you’ll see they range far and wide!

The deadline to nominate a property for this year’s list is September 30. We will announce the list later this fall.

The Nashville Nine program gives Historic Nashville members, as well as citizens of Davidson County and surrounding areas, the opportunity to prioritize historic places in Nashville currently in danger of being lost. It has been one of the organization’s most effective tools for saving places unique to our city.

Past Nashville Nine success stories include the outbuildings at Sunnyside Mansion and Fort Negly Park.

The outbuildings at Sunnyside Mansion were listed on the Nashville Nine in 2014. At that time, the buildings were in a state of deterioration and at risk of disrepair. Metro Nashville invested in the restoration of Sunnyside, including the outbuildings on site. In 2024, work was completed. Now, visitors to Sevier Park can walk around the outbuildings and learn more about the c. 1852 mansion, the outbuildings, and the Battle of Nashville, part of which took place on the site. In addition to the restoration, a collaborative project between Metro Historical Commission and the Vanderbilt Institute for Spatial Research brought the property into augmented reality!

Fort Negley Park, the 2017 “Nashville One,” features the nationally significant Union Civil War fort constructed by African Americans. After neighboring Greer Stadium was abandoned, a mixed-use project was proposed for the site. Through archaeological studies, we learned the site contained human graves. With the support of Nashvillians, the project was canceled, the site gained national attention and then received honor as a Site of Memory under UNESCO’s Slave Route Project. Between 2021 and 2022, a new Fort Negley Master Plan was released, with construction beginning this year.

If you know of a historic property in need of preservation, or one that is threatened by sale or development, please let us know. This advocacy campaign is vital to preserving the history and vitality of Nashville and is essential to the community. Past preservation successes include “unmistakably Nashville” landmarks such as the Ryman Auditorium, Union Station, and the Hermitage Hotel.

For more information and to nominate a historic property, visit the HNI website at historicnashvilleinc.org/get-involved/nashville-nine-nomination.

Remember, the deadline for nominations is September 30, 2025.