Captain Thomas G. Ryman
Title |
Captain Thomas G. Ryman |
Historical Note |
Thomas Green Ryman, a riverboat captain and Nashville entrepreneur, built the Union Gospel Tabernacle between 1888 and 1892 at a cost of about $100,000. After Ryman's death in 1904, the Rev. Sam Jones proposed that the building's name; be changed to honor him. Afterwards, the building was known as the Ryman Auditorium. Captain Ryman was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Day 1904. |
Date |
undated |
Collection Name |
Ryman Family Papers |
Accession Number |
81-15 |
Subject - LCSH |
Ryman, Thomas Green, -- 1841-1904 Nashville (Tenn.) -- Biography Ryman, Thomas Green -- Portraits |
Subject - TGM |
Portrait photographs |
Owning Institution |
Tennessee State Library and Archives |
ID# |
35618 |
Digital type |
Still Image |
Digital format |
Image/jp2 |
Copyrights |
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Ordering Information |
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