Curious Nashville: What are those gleaming golden portraits on Nashville’s historic courthouse?

Visitors to Nashville’s city hall and historic courthouse must pass beneath its impressive facade. With its massive Doric pillars and limestone exterior, the courthouse looks like it comes straight from the Greeks. (Watch out Parthenon, there’s a competitor!)

One feature that catches the eye is the trio of gold panels above the front doors. These shiny yet mysterious portraits motivated a question to Curious Nashville:

What are the pictures on the front of the Metro Courthouse that appear to be outlined in gold? Are they ever going to be restored?…

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