Second Avenue
Category: History and Architecture Tour
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Listed as the Second Avenue National Register Historic District
Second Avenue in the 21st Century: On Christmas day in 2020, a bomb was detonated in the heart of historic 2nd Avenue downtown. Miraculously the explosion did not fatally injure any victims, but the historic facades of Nashville’s first “Market Street,” were severely damaged. The city continues the hard work of rebuilding Historic 2nd Avenue back better than before. For more information, visit 2ndavestrong.org.
Market Street, as it was known until 1903, contains the best concentration of Victorian commercial facades in Nashville. Most of the two- to five-story buildings date from 1870 to 1890 and served as warehouses and storefronts for goods shipped along the Cumberland River. The trend toward reuse and renovation of historic buildings has continued here since the 1970s, where shops, restaurants, galleries, and residences have appeared in formerly empty or underused buildings. Especially noteworthy is the Silver Dollar Saloon, now part of the Hard Rock Café, on the corner of Second Avenue and Broadway, which served as an entertainment venue for riverboat workers docked at the wharf at the foot of Broadway.
- Bowie's174 3rd Ave N (217 feet W)
- Coyote Ugly Saloon154 2nd Ave N (234 feet SE)
- Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer140 3rd Ave N (235 feet SW)
- Sbarro Italian Eatery200 Commerce St (242 feet SE)
- Boswell's Honky Tonk Harley-Davidson203 3rd Ave S (141 feet N)
- Freebird150 2nd Ave N (232 feet SE)
- Anderson Design Studio217 2nd Ave N (237 feet NW)
- Modiste203 2nd Ave N (320 feet NW)
- The Original Snuff Shop144 2nd Ave N (347 feet SE)
- Laser Quest166 2nd Ave N (104 feet SE)
- The Escape Game162 3rd Ave N (246 feet SW)
- Swipe Right Art208 3rd Ave N (433 feet NW)
- The Studio 208208 3rd Ave N (438 feet NW)
- Commerce B210 Commerce St (248 feet S)
- Third Lot204 3rd Ave N (367 feet NW)
- Whitefront Garage205 2nd Ave N (387 feet NW)
- Commerce A310 Commerce St (397 feet SW)