The Story Behind This Historic Nashville Church Will Send Shivers Up Your Spine
By Meghan Kraft|Published September 05, 2018
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Meghan Kraft
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Meghan Kraft loves to travel the world, but she makes her home right here in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a degree in English, and has worked in the digital marketing realm with companies such as Apartments.com, USA Today and HarperCollins Publishing.
Downtown Nashville is full of high rises and skyscrapers. Often, as you walk through the thick of it all, you find yourself either looking up at the tallest buildings or looking down at the sidewalk to make sure you don’t trip over the tourists. It’s not surprising, then, that one of the most historic buildings in downtown Nashville is often overlooked. That’s because it’s a church! St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows is actually the oldest church in Nashville, and its age brings with it a rather interesting and even eerie set of stories.