NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A storied recording studio on Nashville’s Music Row that was once slated to be demolished to make way for a luxury condo development has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.
The designation of the RCA Victor Studios Building, better known as RCA Studio A, was announced by the National Park Service on Friday.
The studio was developed by country legend Chet Atkins in 1964, and the likes of Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings have recorded music there.
Singer-songwriter Ben Folds has rented the studio for 12 years and led efforts to save the space that culminated in philanthropist Aubrey Preston’s last-minute purchase of the property from the developer in October.
That campaign helped spawn a larger effort to preserve Music Row from development.
