- Location: Nashville - Year built: 1910 The opulent Hermitage Hotel was designed by architect James Carpenter—born in Tennessee, trained in Paris, and best known for his many New York City apartment buildings. This Beaux-Arts gem fell on hard times in the 1960s and 1970s and shuttered it...
Vann began working for a small minority contractor as a construction engineer. She later moved to Nashville, Tenn., and in July of 2000 joined Turner