Historic Nashville, Inc.

Historic Nashville, Inc. was originally chartered in 1968 as “The Historic Sites Federation of Tennessee.”  In 1975, the name and mission changed in response to the urgency of threats to historic landmarks in Nashville.  The nonprofit 501(c)3 organization became "Historic Nashville, Inc." with the mission to "preserve and promote the historic places that make Nashville unique.”

Over the years, HNI has successfully advocated for the preservation of many downtown landmarks, including the Ryman Auditorium, Union Station, Hermitage Hotel, Shelby Street Bridge, and the Second Avenue, Printer's Alley, Lower Broadway, and East Nashville historic districts. In 1982, HNI established the state's first Preservation Easement program and currently owns easements on 16 historic landmarks with a market value of over $30 million. HNI hosts an annual membership meeting, publishes a newsletter, maintains a website, gives special tours of local historic landmarks, and in 2009 launched the annual "Nashville Nine" endangered properties list.