Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
War Memorial Auditorium
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 4, 2020
1. War Memorial Auditorium Marker
Inscription.
War Memorial Auditorium. . In 1925 Tennessee, Davidson County, and Nashville dedicated the War Memorial Auditorium as an enduring tribute to their sons ad daughters who served the nation on land, sea, and in the air during the First World War. The division of history of the Department of Education collected the names of servicemen who died and whose names would be placed on the bronze plaques that were placed on the building circa 1929. Leopold and Belle Kinney Scholz's gilded bronze Victory statue, part of the original design, was dedicated in 1931. Originally seating 2,200 and featuring excellent acoustics, the auditorium became the performance home of the Nashville Symphony from 1925 to 1980, the home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1939 to 1943, and a frequent stop on the African American Theater Circuit in the 1950s.
In 1925 Tennessee, Davidson County, and Nashville dedicated the War Memorial Auditorium as an enduring tribute to their sons ad daughters who served the nation on land, sea, and in the air during the First World War. The division of history of the Department of Education collected the names of servicemen who died and whose names would be placed on the bronze plaques that were placed on the building circa 1929. Leopold and Belle Kinney Scholz's gilded bronze Victory statue, part of the original design, was dedicated in 1931. Originally seating 2,200 and featuring excellent acoustics, the auditorium became the performance home of the Nashville Symphony from 1925 to 1980, the home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1939 to 1943, and a frequent stop on the African American Theater Circuit in the 1950s.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 226.)
86° 47.004′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Union Street and 7th Avenue North, on the right when traveling west on Union Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 6th Avenue North, Nashville TN 37219, 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.
The unveiling of the War Memorial Auditorium historic marker (September 2015)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 448 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on May 21, 2026, by Brent Allan Hyams of Nashville, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
