| Doctor's Building | |
| Coordinates: | 36.1622°N -86.7831°W |
| Built: | , 1921 |
| Architect: | Dougherty and Gardner |
| Architecture: | Renaissance |
| Added: | July 25, 1985 |
| Refnum: | 85001607 |
The Doctor's Building[1] is a six-story commercial building in Nashville, Tennessee that was constructed in 1916 (some sources say 1910)[2] [3] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building site was the former location of the home of railroad magnate Colonel Edmund William Cole,[4] with his home being the last 19th-century mansion on Church Street. A new building, known as "The Doctor's Building" was then constructed as a three-story building, with medical offices on the upper floors, and retail shops on the ground floor. A few years later (in either 1916 or 1921), it had three more stories added, increasing its size to 100000square feet.[5] The design, by architect Edward Emmett Dougherty of the architectural firm "Dougherty and Gardner" was of the elaborate Beaux-Arts or Renaissance Revival style. The exterior is sheathed with glazed polychrome terra cotta.[5] [6]
In the 1940s and 1950s, the building consisted of office space for many of the city's doctors and dentists.[7]