Isolated by a lined parking lot where once stood an entire block of accompanying buildings-daily facing the traffic light controlled intersection of Broad and Second, stands the old Silver Dollar Saloon. Capitalizing on her prominent vantage point, this unique structure has for more than eighty years greeted passing Nashvillians---catching their eye with her fanciful turret, elaborate brick work, and decorative terra cotta wreaths, garlands and shells.
Her Victorian eclecticism symbolizes a Gay Nineties era of pride in building and of lively riverboat traffic patronage. She also serves as a detached and carefree introduction to the hard-working wholesale business extending along Market Street to her north.
Isolated by a lined parking lot where once stood an entire block of accompanying buildings-daily facing the traffic light controlled intersection of Broad and Second, stands the old Silver Dollar Saloon. Capitalizing on her prominent vantage point, this unique structure has for more than eighty years greeted passing Nashvillians---catching their eye with her fanciful turret, elaborate brick work, and decorative terra cotta wreaths, garlands and shells.
Her Victorian eclecticism symbolizes a Gay Nineties era of pride in building and of lively riverboat traffic patronage. She also serves as a detached and carefree introduction to the hard-working wholesale business extending along Market Street to her north.
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