caption: The Grand Ole Opry House (Ryman Auditorium) in the 1940s. The auditorium first opened as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in 1892. It was built by <PERSON>. <PERSON> conceived of the auditorium as a tabernacle for the influential revivalist <PERSON>. After <PERSON>'s death, the <PERSON> was renamed Ryman Auditorium in his honor. It was used for Grand Ole Opry broadcasts from 1943 until 1974, when the Opry built a larger venue just outside Nashville at the Opryland USA theme park. <PERSON>, Lost Highway, The Tabernacle, Grand Ole Opry, Auditorium, Country Music, Nashville, 1940s, Larger
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