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Affectionately known as the "Mother Church of Country Music," the Ryman Auditorium occupies a singular place in American musical history. Built by the riverboat captain and convert Thomas G. Ryman as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, the brick, Gothic Revival building opened on 4 May 1892 in downtown Nashville and welcomed its first secular performances soon after. It went on to host opera divas, presidents and dancers before settling, in 1943, into its most famous role as home of the Grand Ole Opry,...