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Carl Van Vechten Art Gallery

1000 17th Avenue N, Nashville, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 9' 58.439988", -86° 48' 15.779988"
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This building, completed in 1889, was the first gymnasium built at any predominantly black college in the United States. In 1949, it was rededicated as an art gallery and named in honor of Carl Van Vechten, a New York music critic, author, photographer, and art collector who encouraged Georgia O'Keefe to donate to Fisk University part of the art collection of her late husband, Alfred Stieglitz.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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