The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Nashville Branch Office is one of the five branch offices of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The Nashville branch is part of the Sixth Federal Reserve District and serves the Middle and East Tennessee region. The branch currently operates from leased commercial office space at 333 Commerce Street in downtown Nashville.
History The Nashville branch opened in 1919, the last of the original four branches established in the Sixth Federal Reserve District, following the New Orleans branch (1915) and the Birmingham and Jacksonville branches (both 1918).
A purpose-built facility at 226 Third Avenue North was completed and dedicated in December 1922, designed by Nashville architectural firm Marr & Holman in association with Atlanta architect A. Ten Eyck Brown. The building, constructed in the Classical Revival style with four limestone Ionic columns and a pedimented portico, was located in downtown Nashville's financial district, then known as the "Wall Street of the South." The branch occupied the Third Avenue building until 1958, when it relocated to a new facility on Eighth Avenue North (now Rosa L. Parks Boulevard). In the 1950s, growing check volumes across the Sixth District had prompted the construction of new branch facilities in Nashville, Birmingham, and Jacksonville.
Historic building The former Nashville Branch building at 226 Third Avenue North was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Designed in the Classical Revival style, it is considered one of the finest examples of that style in Nashville and is a contributing structure within the Nashville Financial Historic District. The building was sold in 2018 to Nashville entrepreneur Bill Miller.
Board of directors The Nashville Branch board of directors has seven members: four appointed by the Atlanta board of directors, and three appointed by the Board of Governors. Branch directors provide economic information from their industries and the branch territory to the Atlanta Fed's president and head office directors, who use that information in discussing monetary policy options and making discount rate recommendations. The following people are on the board of directors :
Appointed by the Board of Governors Name Title Term expires W. Bradley Southern (Chair) Chair and CEO, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Nashville 2026 Shanna Jackson President, Nashville State Community College, Nashville 2027 Amanda W. Hite President, STR at CoStar Group, Hendersonville 2028
Appointed by the Atlanta board of directors Name Title Term expires Marshall E. Crawford Jr. President and CEO, The Housing Fund Inc., Nashville 2026 Adam L. Wright Chief Executive Officer, Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Knoxville 2027 Christopher T. McKee President and Chief Operating Officer, McKee Foods Corporation, Collegedale 2027 Laura Ritchey President and CEO, GEODIS Americas, Brentwood 2028
See also
Federal Reserve Act Federal Reserve System Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve Districts Federal Reserve Branches Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Birmingham Branch Office Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Jacksonville Branch Office Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Miami Branch Office Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta New Orleans Branch Office Nashville Financial Historic District
References
External links Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Nashville Branch Office