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HART REELAND ROBERTS TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO 1910 IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, WHEN A YOUNG ARCHITECT NAMED RUSSELL HART LEFT NEW YORK FOR NASHVILLE TO OVERSEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HERMITAGE HOTEL, ACTING AS RESIDENT ARCHITECT AND FIELD SUPERVISOR. UPON THE LANDMARK HOTEL'S COMPLETION, HART DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NASHVILLE'S BURGEONING ECONOMY AND ESTABLISHED HIS OWN PRACTICE USING HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. NEARLY A DECADE AFTER HART'S ARRIVAL IN NASHVILLE, ENGINEERS F. EUGENE FREELAND & MARTIN S. ROBERTS FORMED THEIR OWN NASHVILLE PRACTICE. WHILE INVOLVED IN SEPARATE COMPANIES, THE THREE MEN WORKED COLLECTIVELY ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS BEFORE JOINING FORCES IN 1920 (ALONG WITH ARCHITECT GEORGE