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A resolution requesting the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority and the Metropolitan Department of Codes to provide written notice of any actions taken to demolish, relocate, or otherwise permanently alter the building known as Colemere located at 1400 Murfreesboro Pike.
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WHEREAS, the Colemere Mansion, originally built in 1893 by Colonel E.W. Cole, president of the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway, damaged by fire and rebuilt in 1930 by Col. Cole's daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Weaver, as designed by Russell Hart in a "Southern Colonial" mansion style; and
WHEREAS, in 1940, the City of Nashville purchased the house and surrounding property as part of the expansion of the municipal airport after which the house served as home to the Colemere Club, a civic organization from 1948 through 1974; and
WHEREAS, the Colemere Club hosted social, philanthropic, and political events including hosting, among many celebrities and local politicians, the Prime Minister of Ireland, the family of President Woodrow Wilson, and vice-presidential candidate Lyndon B. Johnson in 1960; and
WHEREAS, when the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority ("MNAA") was created ownership of the municipal airport property was transferred to MNAA; and
WHEREAS, in 1977 the New Orleans Manor opened a seafood restaurant on the site and operated for 31 years when, in 2008 Monell's at the Manor opened its doors at Colemere as a family style restaurant beloved in the community, until its recent closure; and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the Tennessee Historical Commission determined that because of the historical significance to the Nashville community the Colemere Club building is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; and
WHEREAS, Section 16.28.195 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws prohibits the Department of Codes Administration from issuing a demolition permit for structures eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Place...
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