Title	Centennial Park: stone bench
Contributor(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	1950?
Coverage	1950-1959
Property name	Centennial Park
Property type	Park
National Register Reference	08000689 listed July 15, 2008
Community Name	Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	36.149438,-86.812935
Description	Color photograph of a cast concrete bench in a mid-20th century curvilinear style located in a garden. Three seats are clustered but facing in different directions.
Historical Notes	Centennial Park in Nashville is a designed landscape park that was first created as a site for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897, celebrating Tennessee's admission to the Union. In 1902 the Exposition grounds were given to Park Board of the city of Nashville by the Nashville Railway and Light Company. The 2008 listing of the park on the National Register of Historic places covered 91 of the 132 acres now included in the park, along with 29 contributing features, including numerous buildings, sculptures and memorials. The most notable architectural element in the park is the full-scale replica of the Parthenon, which was originally constructed for the Centennial Exposition and then reconstructed as a permanent concrete structure between 1920 and 1931. The park's evolution over time mirrored new ideas and trends for public recreation. The park grounds, buildings and features have been maintained for more than one hundred years, resulting in a large urban park that continues to be central to life in present-day Nashville.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Parks -- Tennessee -- Nashville Benches -- 1950-1960
Subject-TGM	Benches Historic parks
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Processing notes	Electronic file
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	Centennial038