Davidson County Courthouse (Tennessee)
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Davidson County Courthouse
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Davidson County Courthouse
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| Location | Public Sq., Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 36°10′2″N 86°46′43″W / 36.16722°N 86.77861°WCoordinates: 36°10′2″N 86°46′43″W / 36.16722°N 86.77861°W |
| Built | 1936-37 |
| Architect | Heirons, Frederick; Woolwine, Emmons |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP Reference # | 87000670 |
| Added to NRHP | March 23, 1987 |
Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built during 1936-37 in Nashville, Tennessee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
It is an eight-story steelframe building sheathed with light beige Indiana limestone and gray-green granite as trim at entrances. It was designed by Nashville architect Emmons H. Woolwine and Hirons and Dennison of New York, who won a design competition for the project. It was the first building with central air conditioning in Davidson County.
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