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The Rutledge Hill property recognized for the building home to old-school watering hole and burger joint The Batter’s Box Bar and Grill has sold for $2.1 million, according to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document.

The new owner of the 0.13-acre property at 43 Hermitage Ave. is an LLC affiliated with Goshen, Kentucky-based Essex Development. Of note, that company in late December 2021 paid $20 million for an adjacent property that once accommodated souvenir and novelty items business Scott Sales Co. (read more here).