Morgan House
Grau General Contracting, LLC
FISK UNIVERSITY
"THE RICHARDSON HOUSE"
1017 16th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37208
This house, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1905 as the home of Reuben B. and Mary
Knowles Richardson. Richardson, who served as Capt. of Eng. Co. No.4 from 1893 to 1923, was one of the first Blacks
to obtain this rank in Nashville. In 1923, Eng. Co. No.4 moved from Woodland St. to 12th Ave. No. and Jefferson St.,
and became Eng. Co. No. 11. In 1930, the name of the building housing that company was changed to Reuben B.
Richardson Hall.
Grau General Contracting, LLC has been contracted to restore all the wooden clapboards and trim,
apply a new coat of paint and new gutters.
These
pictures show
the repair of
the water
damaged
porches and
decks at the
Richardson
House.
Here are some before and after photos
taken during the restoration the exterior
wood siding and trim