Utopia Hotel

Utopia Hotel

The former Utopia Hotel, January 2014
Location 206 4th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Coordinates 36°9′51″N 86°46′43″W / 36.16417°N 86.77861°W / 36.16417; -86.77861Coordinates: 36°9′51″N 86°46′43″W / 36.16417°N 86.77861°W / 36.16417; -86.77861
Area less than one acre
Built 1891
Architect Hugh Cathcart Thompson
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 79002428[1]
Added to NRHP March 26, 1979

The Utopia Hotel is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee.

Location

The building is located at 206 4th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] The street was called the "Men's Quarter," where no respectable woman would venture.[2]

History

The hotel was built in 1891 to the design of architect Hugh Cathcart Thompson.[2] It was built to accommodate the visitors of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.[2] It has six storeys.[2]

In 1904, it became home to a restaurant, where many men would have lunch on their workdays.[3] It was dedicated with a dinner for the Nashville Press Club.[3] Later, it became home to a laundromat called Downtown Cleaners and a strip club called Brass Stables.[4]

In 2014, it was scheduled to be turned into a luxury hotel alongside other buildings around it, with developer Bill Barkley and investors Alex Marks and Billy Frist at the helm.[4]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings since March 26, 1979.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 James A. Hoobler, A Guide to Historic Nashville, Tennessee, The History Press, 2008, p. 81
  3. 1 2 Ken Roberts, Jr., One for the Road: Stories of Nashville's hard-drinking nightlife, Nashville Scene, June 13, 1996
  4. 1 2 Getahn Ward, Boutique hotel planned for Lonnie's Western Room, Brass Stables site in Printers Alley, The Tennessean, July 17, 2014


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