Metro Historical Commission Foundation

As the holiday season begins, we invite you to support the Nashville Historical Foundation. The NHF is the driving force behind Nashville Sites, providing the funding and guidance that make our tours, research, and public history work possible. Your support helps make Nashville’s history accessible and engaging!
Learn more and donate at nashvillehistoricalfoundation.org.

Last night was our last board meeting with Tim Walker serving as Metro Historical Commission’s Executive Director—so we had a little party featuring this fabulous cake! He will surely be missed, but we suspect he won’t be able to stay away for too long. Thank you for all you’ve done and continue to do for Nashville, Tim.

After the resounding success of the spring lecture series, the Nashville Historical Foundation is pleased to host the the Ann Roberts Lecture Series on Mid-Century Architecture again this fall. There are still a few tickets left for part three of the lecture series this Thursday, November 6! Register now for Examples of Nashville Modernism in Photographs, presented by Sandra Shelton. Link in bio to register🔗

The lecture will take place at the Fort Negley Visitor Center, 1100 Fort Negley Blvd at 4:30 pm. Free parking is available on site.

Today is our 10th anniversary! We are so honored to be able to serve Nashville and assist in their mission. We’ve had the privilege to work on many wonderful projects over the last 10 years—assisting , , , , and so many more. We’re excited to see what the next 10 years bring!

See the link in our bio to help us continue making an impact by preserving Nashville’s history.

Just ONE more day until the The Community Foundation of middle TN Big Payback. Please help us continue our mission by supporting us May 5 and 6 through this amazing fundraiser!

Mark your calendar for this year’s Big Payback May 5-6. Your donations to MHCF help us further our mission to identify, protect, study and interpret the rich history of Nashville.

Did you know that some of the work that MHCF helps to fund are projects like Fort Negley Archeology? All of our projects assist the Metro Historical Commission in its efforts to identify, protect, study, and interpret the rich history of Nashville.

Steam ships, lined up along Front street (now First avenue), delivering goods. Learn more about our connection to the river during a benefit concert for the restoration and preservation of 2nd Ave on March 26 from 7-9pm on or live-streamed on the 2ndavestrong website.

Have questions about Metro Historical Commission or Historic Zoning? This will be the best way to learn about the important work of these commissions.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: An Introduction to the Metro Historical and Historic Zoning Commissions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. There are two commissions which guide historic preservation projects for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County: The Metropolitan Historical and Historic Zoning Commissions. We'll take a look at both bodies and discover the unique roles they play in preservation and how they can support the work...

ANNOUNCING: March 26, 7-9 PM, The Wildhorse Saloon has teamed up with The DISTRICT, Inc., and Metro Historical Commission Foundation for a star-studded, 2-hour musical event to be broadcast in prime time on NewsChannel 5 Nashville . Musical guests include an A-list lineup of musical performers including Old Dominion, Ashley McBryde, Lee Brice and Scotty McCreery.