Lockeland Springs in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Holly Street Fire Hall ⎯⎯⎯ Bass Park
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 24, 2022
1. Holly Street Fire Hall Marker
Inscription.
Holly Street Fire Hall, also, Bass Park. .
Holly Street Fire Hall.. Completed in 1914, J.B. Richardson Engine Company No. 14 was designed by Nashville's first city architect, James B. Yeaman. Designed to blend in with the surrounding residential neighborhood, it was the first fire hall in the city built specifically for motorized fire trucks. Except for short periods during renovations, this fire hall has been in continuous use since its construction, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ,
Bass Park.. This .2-acre lot was purchased by East Nashville citizens and presented to the city on December 12, 1921 as a public park and playground. The undeveloped lot provided views of the adjacent fire hall and was intended to keep firefighters from being disturbed. Nashville's smallest park, Bass Park was named in honor of Fire Captain Herman Bass, the first captain of the fire hall.
Holly Street Fire Hall.
Completed in 1914, J.B. Richardson Engine Company No. 14 was designed by Nashville's first city architect, James B. Yeaman. Designed to blend in with the surrounding residential neighborhood, it was the first fire hall in the city built specifically for motorized fire trucks. Except for short periods during renovations, this fire hall has been in continuous use since its construction, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Bass Park.
This .2-acre lot was purchased by East Nashville citizens and presented to the city on December 12, 1921 as a public park and playground. The undeveloped lot provided views of the adjacent fire hall and was intended to keep firefighters from being disturbed. Nashville's smallest park, Bass Park was named in honor of Fire Captain Herman Bass, the first captain of the fire hall.
Erected 2013 by the Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 149.)
Location. 36° 10.525′ N, 86° 44.515′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Lockeland Springs. It is on Holly Street just east of South 16th Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1600 Holly St, Nashville TN 37206, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, August 24, 2022
3. Holly Street Fire Hall / Bass Park Marker
Completed restoration of building.
Photographed by Duane Marsteller, April 4, 2020
4. Holly Street Fire Hall/Bass Park Marker
The fire hall, damaged in March 2020 tornado.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 645 times since then and 82 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 24, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 4. submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
