National Register of Historic Places

RCA Victor Studios Building

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Listed
July 20, 2015
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
15000445

About this property

RCA Studio A is a music recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee, built and founded in 1965 by Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley and Harold Bradley as an addition to the RCA Victor Studio the company established seven years prior. Together these two studios were known simply by the name "RCA Victor Nashville Sound Studios" (or "RCA Studios" for short) and became known in the 1960s for becoming an essential factor and location to the development of the musical production style and sound engineering technique known as the Nashville Sound. RCA utilized the studio until January 1977, after which it was sold to Owen Bradley, who remodeled it and operated the studio as Music City Music Hall until the late 1980s. It was later operated as Javelina Recording Studios. Beginning in 2002, Ben Folds leased the building and operated it as Ben's Place and later Grand Victor Sound. In 2014, when a local developer planned to demolish the building in order to build condominiums, Folds gathered support to preserve the building, and Mike Curb and local philanthropists collectively purchased the building. The following year, RCA Studio A was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Since 2016, Dave Cobb has leased the studio and used it to operate his Low Country Sound record label imprint.

Location

30 Music Square West
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
36.14961, -86.79303

Categories

COMMERCEENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was RCA Victor Studios Building listed on the National Register?

RCA Victor Studios Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 20, 2015.

What type of historic resource is RCA Victor Studios Building?

RCA Victor Studios Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for RCA Victor Studios Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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