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Ryman Auditorium

116 Fifth Ave. North, Nashville, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 9' 40.242924", -86° 46' 43.9032"
  National Register of Historic Places

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
 
Built 1891 as Union Gospel Tabernacle for religious revival meetings. Renamed Ryman Auditorium 1905 for steamboat captain Tom Ryman, the building's chief contributor. The greates musician's, actors, dancers, speakers, made the Ryman ?the most famous one-night stand on the road.? bought 1963 by WSM's Grand Ole Opry which first performed here in 1941.

The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County.
Ryman Auditorium was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 06, 1971.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
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