The first Episcopal services in Nashville were conducted in 1826 by James Hervey Otey, who later became the first Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee. In 1829, Nashville Episcopalians organized the congregation of Christ Church and within two years built Tennessee's first Episcopal Church. Christ Church became a training ground for many future church leaders - 8 rectors of the church became Episcopal Bishops.

When the first church was constructed on Church Street, pews were sold to parishioners by means of auction and only pew owners were permitted to vote in parish meetings. Partly a fundraising device, pew ownership was abolished 1918.

The present day building, located on Broadway, is constructed of Sewanee sandstone, a gift of the University of the South. The interior contains by some accounts some of the most unusual woodwork and spectacular stained glass in the south.

Sources:

Mayme Hart Johnson, A Treasury of Tennessee Churches (Brentwood: J M Productions, Inc., 1986), p. 91.

National Register of Historic Places, Inventory— Nomination Form, Tennessee Historical Commission, April, 1977.