Editing Berry Hill, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Much of the area of Berry Hill was originally owned by William Wells Berry (1813–1876) and his descendants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.tennessean.com/article/20060726/COLUMNIST0102/105030058/Melrose-mansion-barely-avoided-destruction-Civil-War |title=Melrose mansion barely avoided destruction in Civil War |access-date=March 25, 2015}}{{dead link|date=August 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Residents of the area voted on whether to [[municipal corporation|incorporate as a city]] on February 28, 1950. The vote was 138 to 135 favoring incorporation. Berry Hill became the first community in Davidson County to incorporate since [[Belle Meade, Tennessee|Belle Meade]] incorporated in 1938. The population of Berry Hill at the time of incorporation numbered around 1,200. The city's first mayor was Ralph Rosa, who served for 22 years.<ref name="history">{{cite news|title=Berry Hill, the tiny city that almost wasn't|first=George|last=Zepp|date=July 12, 2006|work=The Tennessean|url=http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060712/COLUMNIST0102/105030057/-1/SPECIAL0906|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715230904/http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060712/COLUMNIST0102/105030057/-1/SPECIAL0906|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref>

In 1963, the governments of Davidson County and the City of [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] merged to form a consolidated [[metropolitan government]], thereby making Berry Hill part of [[Nashville, Tennessee|Metropolitan Nashville]].

Beginning in 1970 when [[Buzz Cason]] purchased two houses in Berry Hill and converted them into his [[Creative Workshop]] recording studio, the area has become a center of the recording industry in Nashville, sometimes referred to as "Music Hill", as a play on the "[[Music Row]]" music recording and production hub in Nashville.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nashville |first=Josh Ewers Main Street |title=Berry Hill offers oasis for producers |url=https://www.mainstreet-nashville.com/music/berry-hill-offers-oasis-for-producers/article_13eefe8e-bf05-11eb-945e-d318a955892e.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=Main Street Nashville |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Buzz Cason Interview |url=https://www.backstorysong.com/transcripts/buzz-cason-interview |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=Backstory Song |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1991, Berry Hill became home to the Center for Gay and Lesbian Community Services.<ref name="tennesseanresourcesoffered">{{cite news|last1=Ferguson|first1=Carrie|title=Resources offered at gay center: Hand on pulse of community|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/112574653/?terms=%22resources%2Boffered%2Bat%2Bgay%2Bcenter%22|access-date=December 22, 2017|work=The Tennessean|date=May 30, 1993|pages=21–22|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration }}</ref> It was described as "a vital part of Nashville's gay and lesbian community" by ''The Tennessean'' in a 1993 article.<ref name="tennesseanresourcesoffered"/> Prior to 1991, the same building was home to the Tennessee Gay and Lesbian Alliance.<ref name="tennesseanresourcesoffered"/>

The area is adjacent to [[100 Oaks Mall]], the first enclosed shopping mall in Tennessee, and the Tennessee National Guard Armory.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}