Calling all Bluefields neighbors! Please join us this Wednesday to witness a milestone in the History of Bluefields, as the Tennessee State Historical Commission assists in the completion of Bluefield's nomination to the National Register of Historic Places before the State Review Board. Wear your Blue -- we'll see you there!

Meeting location and time:

Tennessee Historical Commission, Clover Bottom Mansion
2941 Lebanon Pike
Nashville, TN

Wednesday, January 6, 2016
9:00 a.m.

Rebecca Anderson Hunt, daughter of former Bluefields resident James Thomas "Jim" Anderson, contacted us today with news that her father has recently passed, at the age of 81. He was the son of Thomas Loyd and Pauline Mize Anderson, who lived at 2730 Bluefield Avenue from about 1948 to the 1980's.

Rebecca related how much she had loved the house and the neighbors when she'd spent time here in the 70's -- and recalled how, when she was just learning to drive, her grandmother Pauline Anderson had often made her drive her and all her friends (Bluefields neighbors) to the doctor in her big Ford LTD!!

We had a great attendance for our first Historic Metropolitan Historic/Conservation Zoning Session with lots of information provided by Robin Zeigler of the Historic Zoning Commission with plenty of questions from the floor....

Here are just a few!

• Why does a neighborhood choose to have an Historic/Conservative Overlay?
• Do you have to undo any previous architcuture?
• What is the difference between Historic National register & Historic Overlay?
• If a developer comes in and starts building can we stop then if we have applied for conservative overlay?
• Does historic overlay dictate usage of a property?
• Can you go to higher courts to fight a historic commission ruling?
• Bluefields Square - how and does it fit in?
• How will the neighborhood decide whether they want this?
• Does it affect sidewalks and other construction around Bluefields including sidewalks?
• What are the details about the National Historic Register Grant that Bluefields has just been nominated for?

We have our final session coming up this Saturday morning - if you have questions - Robin has answers - please attend and get yourself educated on this very important process.

Information Session #2 Robin Zeigler Historic Zoning Commission
When: 9:00 AM, Saturday November 8th 2014
Where: Fifty Forward, 108 Donelson Pike

More Details Here