Historical Markers
Number Year Erected
6 1968
90 1992
168 2018
19 1969
29 1970
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Marker Name
Battle of Nashville Stewart's Line
University School of Nashville
May-granbery House and Alford Cemetery
Meharry Medical College
Madison College
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Marker Text Civil War Site?
Loring's division of Stewart's Corps, Hood's Confederate Army of TRUE Tennessee, fought behind this stone wall Dec. 16, 1864. All Federal attacks were beaten back until the Confederate line was broken a mile to the west. The division retreated south through the hills toward Brentwood. Founded in 1915 as the successor to The Winthrop Model School at the University of Nashville, Peabody Demonstration School was established at this site in 1925 to utilize the teacher training methods developed at George Peabody College for Teachers. It became an independent institution in 1975 and was renamed University School of Nashville. Revolutionary War Pvt. John Alford built a two-room house on this land c. 1810, expanding it in 1812 and 1820. The Alford cemetery retains three markers that were placed as early as 1822. The c.1830 brick two-story Federal dwelling was home to James F. May, grandson of Knoxville founder Gen. James White. May purchased the land in 1837 and resided here until his death. James T. Granbery inherited and restored the house in 1939, and established Seven Springs Farm on the estate. Meharry Medical College, established in 1876 through the efforts of Dr. George W. Hubbard, Dr. William J. Sneed, and Samuel Meharry, is the only AMA Accredited, privately endowed, predominantly Negro medical school in the world. During its first 90 years of service, it trained more Negro physicians and dentists than any other institution. Madison College was founded in 1904 as Nashville Agricultural Normal Institute by Seventh-day Adventists on a farm of 412 acres. A sanitarium
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Notes
Council District 4
replaced 2012
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Location Latitude
4618 Lealand Lane 36.086311
2000 Edgehill Avenue 36.14399
621 Hill Road 36.047802
Meharry Medical College, D.B. Todd Boulvard entrance 36.16677
Hospital Drive off of Neely's Bend Road, Madison 36.250539
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Mapped Longitude Condition Location
-86.791167 POINT (-86.791167 36.086311)
-86.798228 POINT (-86.798228 36.14399)
-86.754991 POINT (-86.754991 36.047802)
-86.805937 POINT (-86.805937 36.16677)
-86.683834 POINT (-86.683834 36.250539)
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Davidson Service Council District Zip Codes School Board County Border Neighborhoods Districts (GIS) Outlines (GIS) (GIS) Districts (old) (GIS) 1 2 34 27 6
1 1 20 36 6
1 1 5 31 3
1 1 25 51 7
1 2 4 12 2
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Police Council Counties Zip Codes Precincts Districts (old)
5 2005 34 16171
5 2005 13 30406
5 2005 5 24382
6 2005 15
4 2005 4 1527
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62 1976
126 2008
183 2018
212
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Newsom's Mill
Battle of Nashville (december 16, 1864) Assault on the Barricade
Kenner Manor Historic District
Betty Chiles Nixon
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and campus industries were integral to the plan of work and study for students training for careers in agriculture, teaching, religion, industrial arts, nursing and allied health courses, and other fields. The original Newsom's Mill was located upstream & was destroyed by flood in 1808. Joseph M. Newsom constructed this turbine-powered gristmill in 1862 of hand-dressed limestone cut from Newsom's quarry, a mile south. Newsom's stone is found in many important buildings in the city of Nashville. During the retreat from Nashville, Colonel Edmund Rucker's brigade TRUE attempted to block the Union pursuit by erecting a barricade of fence rails and logs across Granny White Pike, 1/2 mile south of this spot. During the ensuing night attack by Union cavalry, fierce hand-to-hand fighting took place until the position finally was overrun around midnight, with Rucker wounded and then captured. Originally part of the Woodlawn estate, this property was subdivided in 1916 by Duncan Kenner and the Kenner Manor Land Company. Many houses on Kenner Avenue and Woodmont Circle were built in the 1920s, and in 1929 the Clearview Subdivision was platted on Crescent Road and Clearview Drive. The neighborhood's early-20th-century homes retain much of their original character. The Kenner Manor Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Betty Nixon was a trailblazing woman in Nashville politics, an ardent preservationist, and a relentless advocate for the city's people and neighborhoods. She served on the Metro Council from 1975 to 1987, was the first woman to chair its Budget and Finance Committee, and ran for mayor in 1987 and 1991. Nixon and her first husband, U.S. District Judge John T. Nixon, purchased this 1925 Colonial Revival house in 1971. It was
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Donated by Richland Country Club
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Charlotte Pike (Hwy 70), between Buffalo Road and Huntwick 36.0917
Granny White Pike at Richland Country Club 36.050964
Kenner Ave. at Woodmont Cir. 36.119153
1607 18th Avenue South 36.138601
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-86.986567 POINT (-86.986567 36.0917)
-86.816416 POINT (-86.816416 36.050964)
-86.840325 POINT (-86.840325 36.119153)
-86.796764 ordered/ not arrived POINT (-86.796764 36.138601)
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1 2 35 32 5 397
1 2 34 47 6
1 1 10 5 6 74
1 1 18 36 6
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8 2005 35 16173
5 2005 34 24382
8 2005 22 30816
5 2005 11 15804
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115 2003
202 2019
196 2019
135 2009
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Ezell House
Contemporary Christian Music
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Bank
The Seeing Eye Independence and Dignity Since 1929
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the setting for her campaigns and community activism. In 1805 Jeremiah Ezell (1775-1838) moved here from Virginia and purchased 17 acres of land on Mill Creek. In 1816 he served on the Court of Pleas for Davidson County. In 1888, his grandson, Henry Clay Ezell, built this brick vernacular Queen Anne style house. His large farm was known for breeding fine mules from stock imported from Spain. Religious music was integral to Nashville's identity as 'Music City,' from early music publishing houses to the international impact of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Key artists nurtured locally in the 1970s eventually crossed over to mainstream fans and by the 1990s, Contemporary Christian and Gospel Music outsold jazz and classical. Nashville also became the capital of this new genre, serving as home to the Gospel Music Association, major labels and a growing creative community. In March 1865, Congress established the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Bank. A Nashville branch was chartered in Dec. 1865. By 1867, there were 37 branches, mostly in the South. Liberty Hall was built at 44 Cedar Street in 1871 to serve as home to the bank. Despite local successes, federal mismanagement and corruption led to the closure of all branches in 1874. In 1909, another African-American bank, the People's Savings Bank and Trust Co., opened at 410 Cedar Street. The Seeing Eye, the world-famous dog guide training school, was incorporated in Nashville January 29, 1929, with headquarters in the Fourth and First National Bank Building at 315 Union St. Morris Frank, a 20-year-old blind man from Nashville, and his guide dog, Buddy, played a key role in the school's founding and subsequent success. It was Frank who persuaded Dorothy Harrison Eustis to establish a school in the United States.
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replaced in 2017
double sided Sponsored by Capital Christian Music Group, Curb|Word Entertainment, and Provident Label Group
Marker Project- prioirty list double sided
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Corner of Old Ezell Road and Donelson Pike/Harding Place 652 Old Ezell Road 36.098286
1000 16th Ave S 36.146636
330 Dr. M.L.K. Jr. Blvd. 36.166414
Union Street at Third Avenue North 36.165579
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-86.677242 POINT (-86.677242 36.098286)
-86.792464 POINT (-86.792464 36.146636)
-86.780457 POINT (-86.780457 36.166414)
-86.778611 POINT (-86.778611 36.165579)
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1 1 22 22 9
1 1 20 36 7
1 1 20 29 7
1 1 20 29 7
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7 2005 26 16166
5 2005 13 15804
1 2005 13 30396
1 2005 13 30396
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68 1976
132 2008
138 2010
200 2019
148 2013
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Edmondson Home Site
Dry-stack Stone Walls
Hill Forest
Girl Scouts of Middle Tenneesee
Cohn School
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States. Will Edmondson, born about 1883 of former slave parents in the Hillsboro area of Davidson County, worked as a railroad and hospital laborer until 1931, when he began his primitive limestone carvings. Working without formal training, he produced some remarkable sculptures which won high praise in exhibits across the nation. He died in 1951. Dry-stack stone walls, a Scots-Irish building tradition adapted by slaves in TRUE the early 19th century, were common throughout middle Tennessee. During the 1864 Battle of Nashville, Brigadier General Henry Jackson was captured at this wall on the Middle Franklin Turnpike after the Confederate line collapsed at Shy's Hill. In 1910, H.G. Hill, Sr. purchased this 324 acres including an old-growth forest west of downtown Nashville. He refused to allow the trees to be sold for timber, and fenced the forest to keep his cattle from damaging the centuries-old trees. Hill enjoyed its pristine beauty throughout his lifetime. In 2009, the Friends of Warner Parks purchased the land from the Hill family, ensuring that this ancient forest in an urban setting will continue to be preserved. In 1917, five years after Girl Scouts was founded in Savannah, Ga., the first troops were formed in Nashville. By 1927 there were enough troops and community support to join the national organization as the Nashville Girl Scouts Council. The first headquarters was built in 1964 at 830 Kirkwood Ave. and moved to Granny White Pike in 1991. Now called Girl Scouts of Middle Tenn., they still strive to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Designed by architects Asmus and Clark and opened in 1928 as a junior high school, Cohn School was named in memory of Corinne Lieberman
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Council District 34 double sided
double-sided
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Fourteenth Avenue South, north of Wade Avenue 36.137383
4708 Granny White Pike 36.085384
6811 Highway 70 South 36.079758
4522 Granny White Pike 36.089473
Cohn School, 4805 Park Avenue, (Sylvan Park) 36.150993
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-86.790549 POINT (-86.790549 36.137383)
-86.804379 POINT (-86.804379 36.085384)
-86.903032 POINT (-86.903032 36.079758)
-86.802738 POINT (-86.802738 36.089473)
-86.84525 POINT (-86.84525 36.150993)
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1 1 18 36 7 624
1 2 34 27 6
1 2 34 32 5
1 1 11 25 6
1 1 10 46 5 24
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5 2005 11 15804
5 2005 34 16171
8 2005 34 16173
5 2005 23 30813
8 2005 22 15798
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88 1992
1 1968
186 2019
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Tennessee Ornithological Society
Heaton's Station
Nashville Porter and Ale Brewery
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high school, Cohn School was named in memory of Corinne Lieberman Cohn, one of the first female members of the school board. Jonas H. Sikes served as first principal. The school added high school grades in 1937, and graduated its first high school class in 1940. Following school desegregation, Cohn High merged with Pearl High in 1983. The building now serves as the Cohn Adult Learning Center. On October 7, 1915, Dr. George Curtis, Albert F. Ganier, Judge H.Y. Hughes, Dr. George R. Mayfield, Dixon Merritt, and A.C. Webb met at Faucon's Restaurant, 419 Union Street, approximately 50 feet east of here, to found the Tennessee Ornithological Society. T.O.S. was chartered by the state for the purpose of studying Tennessee birds. A journal, The Migrant, publishes accurate records of birds across the state. The Birds of the Nashville Area has local records. T.O.S. is the state's oldest conservation group in continuing existence. Heaton's Station (also called Old Heaton Station, Eaton Station, and Heatonsburg) was founded by Amos Heaton after arriving here with James Robertson in Dec. 1779. Stations founded by others in the surrounding area included: Fort Union, Freelands, Nashborough, Stones River, Mansker, Asher, and Bledsoe. By 1783, only two stations remained, Heaton and Nashborough. The Heaton family moved west in 1786 to New Heaton Station, along the present-day Eaton Creek area of Whites Creek. In 1815, T.M. Burland opened a small brewery 1.5 miles west of Nashville along Cockrill Spring. The brewery used water from the nearby spring and barley purchased from local farmers. J.T. and W.B. Smith operated the brewery from 1834 until it was purchased by P. Jonte and J.B. Bergerot in 1838. The brewery closed in 1841. Coincidently, S. Weins and K. Taylor co-founded the Blackstone Brewery near this location in 1994, on the
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Donated in memory of B.B. Coffey (1870-1966).
Marker Project- prioirty list replaced with updated text 2018
donated by Scott Mertie family
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Union Street, between Fifth Avenue North and Arcade Alley, wall marker 36.165814
Lock Road at Baptist World Center Dr. 36.201212
1901 Charlotte Ave. 36.157522
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-86.780806 POINT (-86.780806 36.165814)
-86.788031 POINT (-86.788031 36.201212)
-86.801631 POINT (-86.801631 36.157522)
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1 1 20 29 7 50
1 1 2 16 1
1 1 25 40 7
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1 2005 13 16571
6 2005 2 15550
5 2005 15 30406
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140 2011
11 1968
124 2007
201 2019
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Bradley Studios
Samuel Watkins 1794-1880
First Baptist Church East Nashville
Turner Grammar School
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same tract of land as the Porter and Ale Brewery. In 1955, brothers Owen and Harold Bradley built a recording studio in the basement of a house on this site. They added another studio here in an army Quonset Hut, producing hits by Patsy Cline, Red Foley, Brenda Lee, Marty Robbins, Sonny James, and others. Columbia Records purchased the studios in 1962. The studio established its reputation in the music industry with hits by stars including Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Roger Miller, George Jones, and Tammy Wynette. Brick manufacturer and builder, who fought under General Andrew Jackson in the Creek campaigns and at the Battle of New Orleans, left at his death in 1880 property and $100,000 as an endowment for a school later called Watkins Institute, organized in 1885. A pioneer school for adult education, and a leader in arts education, it has been in continuous operation since 1889. Founded in 1866 under the direction of Rev. Randall B. Vandavall, First Baptist Church East Nashville built. This Classical Revival building between 1928 and 1931, during the height of Rev. W.S. Ellington's career. Nashville artist Francis Euphemia Thompson painted the distinctive baptistry murals in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time the church served as a frequent meeting place for the African-American community during the Civil Rights Movement. By 1800 Whitsett's Chapel became this area's first school. In Jan. 1899 Flat Rock native, philanthropist and real estate developer R.W. Turner and wife Sallie W. Turner gave 2 acres for a new 9th dist. public school. The first Turner School was overcrowded by the 1920s. Designed by architect George D. Waller, Turner Grammar School opened in 1926 with Otto Prather as principal. The cafetorium dates to 1950. An annex of Cole
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Donated by the Mike Curb Foundation
moved to Watkins College of Art and Design with updated text ( 2011)
Donated by FBC East Nashville
Council District 15
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34 Music Square East 36.149432
2298 Rosa L Parks Boulevard 36.193756
601 Main Street 36.1739
2949 Nolensville Pike 36.108371
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-86.792024 POINT (-86.792024 36.149432)
-86.806218 POINT (-86.806218 36.193756)
-86.762598 POINT (-86.762598 36.1739)
-86.744044 POINT (- 86.7440440000000 2 36.108371)
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1 1 20 40 7
1 1 2 21 1
1 1 14 4 7
1 1 9 3 9 619
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5 2005 13 30406
6 2005 2 16569
2 2005 7 15548
5 2005 21 15803
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81 1982
182 2018
71 1980
153 2013
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Cane Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Nettie Napier Day Home Club
Disciples of Christ Historical Society
Cockrill School
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Prather as principal. The cafetorium dates to 1950. An annex of Cole Elem. in its final years, the school closed in 1989. Cane Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church, built in 1859, replaced a log building which occupied land donated by Edwin Austin & Thomas Boaz in 1826. One of the best known pastors was Hugh Bone Hill who also preached at the Jerusalem Church in Rutherford County. Isaac Johnson, a Revolutionary War soldier, died 1839 & is buried in the church cemetery. Nettie Langston Napier had a Day Home Club on this site by 1907. It provided childcare, meals, education and healthcare for the children of poor, working African American mothers. Napier appointed a vice president for each of the city's wards, each responsible for soliciting funds and donations. The wife of prominent banker, lawyer and public figure James C. Napier, Nettie Langston Napier was a talented musician, avid social activist and member of the women's club movement. Library and archives of the 19th c. American religious unity movement which became: the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Christian Churches; and Churches of Christ. Located here, 1958, in the Thomas W. Phillips Memorial. Architects: Hoffman & Crumpton; Hart, Freeland & Roberts. Sculptor: Puryear Mims. Stained glass artist: Gus Baker. Through the efforts of Mark Sterling Cockrill and Lemuel Davis, a school serving West Nashville children in grades 1-8 opened near here in 1888. High school grades were soon added and the school became West Nashville High School. Following annexation, the school was renamed Cockrill School in 1907. The Public Works Administration constructed the current building at this location, the former Clifton Park. Designed by Marr and Holman, this building opened in 1940.
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Marker Project-priority list
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13411 Old Hickory Boulevard, Antioch 36.000746
6144th Ave S 36.154218
1101 Nineteenth Avenue South 36.145665
610 49th Avenue North 36.154561
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-86.634162 POINT (-86.634162 36.000746)
-86.772692 POINT (-86.772692 36.154218)
-86.797425 POINT (-86.797425 36.145665)
-86.846068 POINT (-86.846068 36.154561)
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1 2 33 15 8
1 1 20 11 7
1 1 20 36 6
1 1 24 46 1 642
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7 2005 33 24062
1 2005 13 15800
5 2005 13 30406
8 2005 14 15798
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46 1971
136 2009
3 1968
67 1976
199 2019
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Hyde's Ferry Turnpike
Scottsboro
Site of First Store
Waverly Place
Jewish Community Center Bombing
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Here was toll-gate No.2 of the Hyde's Ferry Turnpike Co., chartered in 1848 to build a road from Nashville to Ashland City and Sycamore Mills. Richard Hyde's ferry crossed the Cumberland 2.6 mi. southeast, where the railroad bridge is now. Davidson County paid $10,000 for its part of the road in 1901. Cheatham County bought its portion and freed it from tolls in 1916. In 1869, Tom Scott opened a general store 500 yards to the southwest on Old Hyde's Ferry Pike that also served as a post office and public gathering place. Scott's Store became the center of this farming community, which stretches north to Joelton and south to the tip of Bells Bend. The unincorporated crossroads community was called Scott's Store until 1902, when it was renamed Scottsboro. Lardner Clark, 'Merchant and Ordinary Keeper,' came from Philadelphia, Penn. in the early 1780s with ten horses packed with goods to sell. He established Nashville's first drygoods store by 1783, on a site 30 yards east. Clark sold calicoes, unbleached muslin, thimbles, pins, liquors, and provender for horses. Many customers traded pelts and furs for his goods. The building—which served as a store, tavern, and dwelling—faced south and was known as 'the house with the piazza.' About 100 yards east stood Waverly, the home of A.W. Putnam, a writer and historian. The house was named for the Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. Putnam sold Waverly in 1858, and in 1887 the land was conveyed to a real estate syndicate—the Waverly Land Co. The land was subdivided into lots, and became a streetcar suburb serviced by the Waverly Place-Glendale Park line. Several of the streets—Grantland, White, and Ridley—are named for members of the land syndicate. At 8:07 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 1958 a bomb exploded at the Jewish
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double-sided
Marker Project- prioirty list replaced with updated text 2018 wall marker
Marker Project- prioirty list replaced with updated text in 2018
Council District 24
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Ashland City Highway/Hydes Ferry Road, between Cato Road and Eatons Creek Road 36.208889
Old Hickory Blvd at Ashland City Highway 36.211694
NE corner of Second Avenue North and Banks Street 36.234238
Benton Avenue near Eigth Avenue South 36.132515
440 Greenway entrance at West End Avenue 36.136352
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-86.864167 POINT (-86.864167 36.208889)
-86.920493 POINT (-86.920493 36.211694)
-86.777439 POINT (-86.777439 36.234238)
-86.778657 POINT (-86.778657 36.132515)
-86.822402 POINT (-86.822402
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1 1 1 34 1
1 2 1 34 1 482
1 1 16 16 1 649
1 1 18 25 9 626
1 1 10 5 5
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6 2005 1 16168
6 2005 1 16168
4 2005 9 15550
5 2005 11 30813
8 2005 22 30816
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114 2003
188 2019
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Germantown Historic District
May Hosiery Mills
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Community Center at 3500 West End Avenue. The JCC, which was located here from 1952-84, often hosted community meetings aimed at desegregating Nashville's schools and communities based on the Jewish values of equality and justice for all. Rabbi William Silverman received a call from the 'Confederate Underground' claiming responsibility for the bombing. The JCC opened one day later to demonstrate its resilience. European immigrants established Germantown, the first suburb in North Nashville, in the 1850s. Large brick townhouses stood next to modest workers' cottages, illustrating the area's economic and social diversity. World War I and changes in public attitude began decades of decline. Renovation projects at two historic churches began the neighborhood's revitalization in the 1970s. Germantown became a National Register Historic District in 1979. In 1897, Jacob May and his family moved to Nashville and opened the Rock City Hosiery Mill. May obtained a contract to use convict labor for his mill, located inside the state penitentiary on Church Street. In 1908, May incorporated the company under a new name—May Hosiery Mills—and opened a new location next to the Louisville & Nashville railroad terminal on Brown St. in South Nashville. Jacob ran the mill with the help of his sons, Mortimer and Dan, until his death in 1946. In the early 20th century, the mill was among the largest employers in Nashville. It employed many Jewish refugees the May family helped flee Nazi Germany in the 1930s. For much of the mill's 88 years, its hundreds of employees, mostly women, manufactured a million socks a week. The factory supplied major department stores nationwide and made the socks worn by the NASA Apollo 11 crew. The mill ceased operations in 1985 and has since served as space for artists and businesses.
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Council District 17
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Jefferson Street, between Sixth Avenue North and Seventh Avenue North 36.173883
429 Chestnut Street 36.143634
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36.136352)
-86.789012 POINT (-86.789012 36.173883)
-86.769339 POINT (-86.769339 36.143634)
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1 1 18 40 7
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6 2005 13
5 2005 11 30406
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127 2008
76 1982
171 2018
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Una Community
Customs House
Smith-carter House
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The Una community developed around the crossroads of Smith springs road and Old Murfreesboro Pike in the early 19th century. The local postmaster changed the community name from Rowesdale, or Rosedale, to Una in 1882, honoring a Peabody college student much loved by local residents. Home to schools, churches, a general store, and a service station, this bustling tightly-knit rural community was supplanted by suburban development by the end of the 20th century. President Rutherford B. Hayes laid its cornerstone in 1877. Designed by Treasury Department architect W.A. Potter, it was occupied in 1882 by collectors of customs and internal revenue, U.S. courts, and Nashville's main post office. Addition to rear began in 1903, wings in 1916. Declared surplus in 1976, then given to the City, it was renovated by the development firm that leased it. This stone, Monterey-style house was built in 1925 and purchased in 1952 by 'Mr. Country,' Carl Smith, just weeks before his marriage to June Carter, of the famed Carter Family. The farm remained home to June and daughter Carlene after the couple's 1956 divorce, during which time The Carter Family became a regular Grand Ole Opry act. In 1963, June wrote 'Ring of Fire' here with Merle Kilgore, a certified Gold single recorded soon after by Johnny Cash and The Carter Family. The Carter Family toured with Cash, often appearing on his show. June and Johnny recorded several duets and married in 1968. Family matriarch 'Mother Maybelle' Carter, who developed the transformative 'Carter Scratch' guitar picking style, moved here with husband Ezra in 1971 during his illness. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970, Maybelle was featured on the 1972 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album Will the Circle Be Unbroken. She stayed here until her death in 1978.
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Sponsored by Metro Council member Vivian Wilhoite
Council Distric 8
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Smith Springs Road and Old Murfreesboro Road 36.096776
701 Broadway 36.15909
1020 Gibson Drive 36.251452
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-86.654516 POINT (-86.654516 36.096776)
-86.781309 POINT (-86.781309 36.15909)
-86.722541 POINT (-86.722541 36.251452)
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1 1 20 40 7
1 1 3 12 2
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3 2005 27 16166
1 2005 13 30406
4 2005 3 1527
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72 1981
24 1970
172 2018
173 2018
128 2008
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Mansker's First Fort
Lockeland Spring
Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc.
Old Hickory Works
Dutchman's Curve Train Wreck
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Here on west bank of the creek that he discovered in 1772, Kasper Mansker and other first settlers built a log fort in 1779. John Donelson's family fled here in 1780 for safety from Indians. Mansker abandoned the fort in 1781 and moved to Fort Nashborough. He returned in 1783, built a stronger stockade on east bank of the creek a half mile upstream, and lived there until he died in 1820. Located 250 yds. S.E., this famous pioneer spring served Lockeland mansion on site of present school building. Home built by Col. Robert Weakley in early 1800's and named for his wife, daughter of Gen. Matthew Locke of Salisbury, N.C. Spring water won prize at St. Louis Exposition in 1904, for its 'unique mineral composition and salubrious quality.' In 1943, with a $1000 loan from a friend, Douglas G. Odom, Sr., his wife Louise, and their children—Doug Jr., Richard, Judy, and June—started a four-hog a day sausage business. Before selling the company in 2012, the three generation family-owned business was one of the largest independent sausage manufacturers in America. The iconic farmboy and slogan, 'Take Home a Package of Tennessee Pride,' were regular features on Grand Ole Opry television broadcasts starting in 1956. In Jan. 1918, the area known as Hadley's Bend was purchased by the U.S. government to build a smokeless gunpowder factory to supply the Allied troops during World War I. The contract for the plant—called Old Hickory Works—was awarded to DuPont Co. Over 7 miles of rail were laid to connect the plant to Hermitage Station, bringing in about 31,000 passengers daily. The almost 5,000 acre property started at the Cumberland River and reached to what is now the Hermitage Golf Course. The deadliest train wreck in U.S. history occurred on July 9, 1918, when two crowded trains collided head-on at Dutchman's Curve. The impact
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there is also a Tennessee Historical Commision on the same side of the street--3A 146
Council District 9
Council District 11
Sponsored by the Bellevue Harpeth Historic Association
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Goodlettsville, on Long Hollow Pike between Northcreek Boulevard and Jackson Road 36.322626
corner of Woodland Street and North 17th Street 36.176729
1145 Neely's Bend Rd. 36.24461
Old Hickory Blvd. at Montchanin Dr. 36.234238
White Bridge Pike at Richland Creek Greenway Trailhead 36.12713
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-86.739668 POINT (-86.739668 36.176729)
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162 2018
209 2019
77 1982
96 1996
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Hca Healthcare
Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church
Fall School
Christ Church Cathedral
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caused passenger cars to derail into surrounding cornfields, and fires broke out throughout the wreckage. Over 100 died, including many African-American workers journeying to work at the munitions plant near Old Hickory. In 1968, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) was founded by Dr. Thomas Frist Sr., his son Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., and businessman Jack C. Massey. The original office was located here, in a small house near HCA's first hospital—Park View. At the time, it was one of the nation's first hospital companies. With a mission to care for and improve human life, the Nashville-based company, now called HCA Healthcare, has grown into one of the nation's largest healthcare services providers. In 1871, District 6 school commissioners John Briley, Benjiah Gray and Jason Austin bought one acre of land from James Thompson for an African American school. In 1873, African American members of the Benevolent Society of Olive Branch No. 38 established Olive Branch Cemetery. Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church (est. 1875) used the one-room school for services until the church was built. The church was re- built in 1971. Due to its condition, the school was demolished c. 1980. Fall School, built in 1898, is the oldest public school building remaining in Nashville. Named after Mr. P.S. Fall, a prominent Nashville businessman and member of the Board of Education from 1865-1867, it served as an elementary school until 1970. In 1982 it was privately renovated for offices. Unlike the earlier study hall design, Fall School had individual classrooms. Organized in 1829, Christ Church was Nashville's first Episcopal parish. The present Victorian Gothic church, designed by Francis Hatch Kimball of New York, opened for services on Dec. 16, 1894; the tower, by local architect Russell E. Hart., was added in 1947. Designated the Cathedral
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Council District 33
text on one side, sketch of the original building on the other
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250 25th Ave N 36.152988
5988 Cane Ridge Road 36.005441
1116 Eighth Avenue South 36.141902
900 Broadway 36.158593
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-86.639832 waiting to install POINT (-86.639832 36.005441)
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-86.782399 POINT (-86.782399 36.158593)
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53 1975
56 1975
187 2019
136 2009
93 1995
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Frederick Stump 1724-1822
Devon Farm
Dodson School
Bells Bend
Mill Creek Baptist Church and Graveyard
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for the diocese of Tennessee at the 1995 Diocesan Convention. Frederick Stump, an early settler in the Fort Nashboro area came from Pennsylvania by way of Georgia. He was a Revolutionary War soldier & noted Indian fighter. He owned a large plantation along White's Creek where he operated a mill & inn & rented land to other settlers. This log house is said to have been his home and inn. Home of John Davis, early surveyor, who came from N.C. to Nashville in 1788. Davis was an Indian fighter & scout in the State Militia until 1795. He settled on Big Harpeth in 1795-96 and that year built a 1½-story home of hand-made brick. The farm, named for Devon cattle bred here, has been owned by seven generations of Davis-Hicks descendants. As early as 1815, school was held nearby at Stoner's Lick Methodist Church. In 1843, early settler Timothy Dodson granted land for a dedicated schoolhouse that was built c. 1855. After it burned, classes were held at the Hermitage railroad station until a one-room frame school was rebuilt in 1880. Old Dodson School was built in 1936, expanded in 1950 and 1955; it was desegregated Jan. 23, 1961. Dodson School, designed by Nashville architect Earl Swensson, opened here in 1968. Bells Bend, first known as White's Bend, is an 18-square-mile area encompassed by a U-shaped bend in the Cumberland River. Numerous archaeological sites indicate that the area has been inhabited for at least 10,000 years. Bells Bend has thrived as an agricultural community since the early 19th century with land owners that included Montgomery Bell and David Lipscomb. The Clees family operated a mill and ferry service beginning in the 1870's. Clees Ferry ceased operation in 1990. Mill Creek Baptist Church, mother church of Southern Baptists in Davidson County, occupied two meeting houses at this site from 1797 until the early
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Council District 12
double-sided
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4949 Buena Vista Pike 36.231955
Hwy 100 near Devon Farm entrance
4401 Chandler Road 36.191264
Old Hickory Blvd at Ashland City Highway 36.211694
Glenrose Avenue at Dodge Drive 36.118829
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CURRENTLY MISSING
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-86.920493 POINT (-86.920493 36.211694)
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41 1971
180 2018
14 1969
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First Steam Locomotive
Rock City
Nashville Centennial 1780-1880
Mud Tavern
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County, occupied two meeting houses at this site from 1797 until the early 20th century. Here, in 1833, Baptists formed the first Tennessee Baptist Convention. The church's graveyard includes the graves of many early settlers of both African and European descent. On Dec. 13, 1850, the first steam engine, Tennessee No. 1, ordered by the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad arrived at the wharf on the steamboat Beauty, from Cincinnati. The one mile trip on improvised track from the wharf to the S. Cherry St. crossing required 4 days by mule power. A one mile run was made from this point on Dec. 27, 1850. Rock City was an African American community established c.1881, which was soon followed by the founding of First Baptist Church Rock City. Named for a rock quarry in the area, the approx. boundaries were Cahal Ave. to the south, Branch St. to the east, Litton Ave. to the north and Pennington Ave. to the west. Community children attended Rock City Elementary on Pennington Ave., which closed in 1954. The Men's Civic Club raised funds to provide support for the church and community. On April 24, 1880, Nashville began a month-long celebration of 100 years since the signing of the Cumberland Compact. Starting with a 100-gun salute at the Capitol, a procession of dignitaries, veterans, businesses and community groups paraded to the Centennial Exposition building here. The evening featured speeches, music and a grand display of fireworks. Vendors sold Centennial Medals bearing the likeness of the recently dedicated Capitol statue of Pres. Andrew Jackson. The Mud Tavern Community developed around the crossroads of the Elm Hill and McGavock Turnpikes. The name derives from the mud and log inn at the crossroads where early 19th century travelers found rest and refreshment. Mud Tavern later became a lively rural community, with a
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replaced with updated text 2011
Council District 7
Marker Project- prioirty list replaced with updated text 2018
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Fourth Avenue South railroad crossing at Hart Street (Dudley Park) 36.142497
1500 Ann St. 36.198592
801 Broadway 36.158322
2200 Elm Hill Pike 36.152833
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-86.727957 POINT (-86.727957 36.198592)
-86.78247 POINT (-86.78247 36.158322)
-86.689894 POINT (- 86.6898940000000 1 36.152833)
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159 2017
166 2018
181 2018
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Germantown Brewery District
Centenary Methodist Institute
Paradise Ridge
Logue House
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railway stop, schools, post office, and general store, which thrived until overtaken by 20th century commercial development. Germantown was home to many 19th-cen. European immigrants who brought their trade skills to Nashville, including brewing. By 1865 Germantown was home to 4 breweries: North Nashville Brewery (C. Kreig); Rock City Brewery (F. Kuhn); Cumberland Brewery (J. Ritter); and City Brewery (F. Leitenberger). By the 1870s all of these breweries had closed due to the success of J. Stiefel's S. Nashville Brewing Co. and shipments from Midwestern breweries via iced rail cars and riverboats. Women from the Methodist Training School founded Warioto Settlement House in 1908. Renamed Centenary Methodist Institute, CMI moved to this location by 1921. CMI worked with rural migrant families in the North Nashville area called Kalb Hollow, providing a health care clinic and instruction in domestic skills and childcare. Children and teens participated in sports and clubs, directed for many years by Tom Page. CMI merged with Bethlehem Centers of Nashville in 1970. Named for the Paradise brothers, early settlers from North Carolina, this ridge was home to the Joelton Air Force Station from 1956-61, when the 799th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron operated here as a part of the integrated continental defense system against aerial attacks from the Soviet Union. After the station closed, the radar equipment was updated and is still used as part of the FAA Joint Surveillance System. The Paradise Ridge Community Center opened here in 2013. In 1786, the State of North Carolina deeded this land as part of a 640 acre grant to Revolutionary War Private and land surveyor James Mulherin. The c. 1920 stone American Foursquare dwelling was home to Gilbert Stroud Logue and Emma McEwan Logue. Gilbert was a professional Southern
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text on one side, map on other
approved in 2015, ordered and installed 2017
Council District 1
Council District 15
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1200 5th Ave N 36.175239
614/616 Monroe Street 36.176025
Paradise Ridge Park, 3000 Morgan Rd. 36.335708
115 Cottage Ln. 36.1681
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-86.791107 POINT (-86.791107 36.176025)
-86.85987 POINT (-86.85987 36.335708)
-86.692215 POINT (-86.692215 36.1681)
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69 1976
149 2013
27 1970
113 2003
175 2018
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Tennessee State University
Bass Park
City of Edgefield
Tolbert Fanning 1810-1874
Tennessee Hospital for the Insane
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Circuit bicycle racer, a Scottish Rite 32nd degree Mason, and an investor in multiple businesses. Emma, a founding member of the Lebanon Road Garden Club, often hosted meetings at this estate. Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal School for Negroes first opened its doors to 247 students in 1912. this site gave birth to a new era of public higher education for Negroes in the state of Tennessee with emphasis on agricultural & industrial occupations. In 1922 the school became a college & in 1951, a university. This .2-acre lot was purchased by East Nashville citizens and presented to the city on December 12, 1921 as a public park and playground. The undeveloped lot provided views of the adjacent fire hall and was intended to keep firefighters from being disturbed. Nashville's smallest park, Bass Park was named in honor of Fire Captain Herman Bass, the first captain of the fire hall. The portion of East Nashville known as Edgefield, the name suggested by Gov. Neill S. Brown, was incorporated as a city Jan. 2, 1869. Its approximate bounds were Shelby Ave., Sevier St., So. 10th St., Berry St., Cowan Ave. and the River. It's first mayor was W.A. Glenn and its last was S.M. Wene. It was annexed to the City of Nashville Feb. 6, 1880. In 1844, noted educator, evangelist, and agriculturalist Tolbert Fanning started Franklin College, a liberal arts school near this site where boys farmed to cover tuition. In 1855 he co-founded the Gospel Advocate, a religious journal. Fanning's wife, Charlotte Fall, began Fanning Orphan School for girls here in 1884. Their aim was to put education within the 'reach of every youth.' In 1832, the Tenn. legislature approved the state's first asylum, established in 1840 southwest of Nashville. The State bought this land in 1848, after
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double-sided
Council District 13
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TSU Campus, 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Hankal Hall 36.168123
Bass Park, 1600 Holly Street 36.175477
South 5th Street and Fatherland Street 36.169946
Briley Parkway and Vultee Boulevard 36.124368
2 Dell Parkway 36.107811
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-86.74195 POINT (-86.74195 36.175477)
-86.763934 POINT (-86.763934 36.169946)
-86.696267 POINT (-86.696267 36.124368)
-86.677384 POINT (-86.677384 36.107811)
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151 2013
20 1969
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North Nashville High School
Richland Park
Ryman Auditorium
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in 1840 southwest of Nashville. The State bought this land in 1848, after activist-reformer Dorothea Dix and asylum staff called for improved facilities. Prominent architect Adolphus Heiman designed the Gothic-style complex with octagonal towers and separate wards. Opened in 1852 and renamed Central State Hospital in 1920, it closed in 1995. A stone gatehouse and unmarked graves are all that remain. Located 1100 Clay Street, North Nashville High School opened in 1940. Designed by Hart and Russell, the building was constructed with funding from the Public Works Administration, and featured carved stone panels by sculptor Puryear Mims. The first class graduated in 1941. Four principals served North High: J.H. Noel, W.J. Mullins, L.L. Carnes, and R.W. Elliot. The final commencement was held June 8, 1978. North High was demolished in 1987. Once a part of the Byrd Douglas plantation, the Nashville Land Improvement Company dedicated ten acres for a public park in 1887. After annexation, the park became a Nashville City Park in 1907, and the City added playground equipment. Richland Park hosted many community events such as ice cream socials, band concerts, outdoor movies, and sporting events. The commmunity center opened in 1932, and was converted in the Richland Park Library in 1961-62. The Union Gospel Tabernacle was built in 1892 after steamboat captain Thomas Ryman heard Rev. Sam P. Jones speak at a tent revival in 1885. Ryman commissioned architect Hugh C. Thompson to build the Gothic Revival church, which quickly became a place for secular and religious gatherings. After Ryman's death in 1904 it was renamed in his honor. Nicknamed the 'Mother Church of Country Music,' the Ryman Auditorium was home to WSM's 'Grand Ole Opry' from 1943-1974.
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1000 Cass Street 36.186379
4711 Charlotte Avenue, in front of Richland Park Library 36.152004
116 5th Avenue North 36.161237
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-86.844134 POINT (-86.844134 36.152004)
-86.778856 CURRENTLY DOWN POINT (-86.778856 36.161237)
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141 2011
37 1970
54 1975
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Rca Studio B
Battle of Nashville Peach Orchard Hill
Site of Waterworks Plant
Clark Memorial United Methodist Church
Rev. Nelson G. Merry
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RCA Records established a recording studio in this building in November 1957, with local offices run by guitarist-producer Chet Atkins. Its success led to a larger studio, known as Studio A, built next door in 1964. Studio B recorded numerous hits by Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Don Gibson, Charley Pride, Jim Reeves, Dolly Parton, and many others. Along with Bradley Studios, Studio B is known for developing 'The Nashville Sound.' On Dec. 16, 1864, Gen. S.D. Lee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, held this TRUE right flank of Hood's defense line which ran south along the crest of this ridge. Violent artillery fire & infantry attacks by the corps of Wood & Steedman failed to dislodge the defenders who withdrew only after the collapse of the Confederate left and center in late afternoon. The city's present waterworks was inaugurated at this site Oct. 1, 1833. The pumping station was erected on the lower river bluff & the reservoir on the upper grounds. German engr., Albert Stein, designed and supervised construction. The system cost $55,000, the first bonded debt of the city. A new plant was in operation & this site was abandoned by Apr. 1891. Founded in South Nashville in 1865, Clark Memorial moved to North Nashville in 1936 and to this location in 1945. The church was central to the Civil Rights movement in Nashville, with activist James M. Lawson conducting classes here in 1959 on non-violent protests. Lawson was a founding member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), whose Nashville members included students at American Baptist College, Fisk Univ., Tenn. A&I (now Tenn. State) and Vanderbilt Univ. The Reverend Nelson G. Merry, born enslaved in 1824 in Kentucky, was brought to Tennessee by his master. At age 16, his widowed mistress willed him to the First Baptist Church. He was freed in 1845. Merry
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Donated by the Mike Curb Foundation
In Honor of Matthew Walker Jr.
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34 Music Square West 36.15013
North side of Harding Place, East of Franklin Road 36.085754
Hermitage Avenue at Academy Place 36.155188
1014 14th Avenue North 36.169394
10th Ave N at Nelson Merry St. 36.164449
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-86.768892 POINT (-86.768892 36.0857540000000 1)
-86.765555 POINT (-86.765555 36.155188)
-86.800271 ordered/ not arrived POINT (-86.800271 36.169394)
-86.789276 waiting to install POINT (- 86.7892760000000 2 36.164449)
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7 1968
92 1994
85 1990
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East Nashville Fire
Captain Ryman's Home
Vine Street Temple
Watkins Park
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preached to the 'colored' mission of First Baptist, which was established in 1843. When it became 'First Colored Baptist Church' (now First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill) in 1865, Merry, an ordained minister, was named pastor. The Rev. Merry is buried in Mt. Ararat Cemetery. Nashville's worst disaster by fire occurred Wednesday, March 22, 1916. It began at 11:47 a.m. in the rear of Seagraves Planing Mill, 80 yards west, and was swept eastwardly by 44 to 51 mph gales. It was brought under control at 4:30 p.m. near So. Tenth and Dew Streets. 648 buildings were burned, 1 life lost and 3,000 people left homeless. On this site stood the residence of Captain Thomas Green Ryman, owner of the Ryman steamboat line and builder of the Union Gospel Tabernacle, renamed Ryman Auditorium after his death in 1904. The Queen Anne frame house with a slate roof, seven gables and two turrets, served as the home of Captain and Mrs. Ryman and their seven children from 1885- 1926. The house was razed in 1940. Nashville's Jewish community began in the 1840s. Many early families were immigrants fleeing oppression in Germany, Russia, and Poland. Completed in 1876, the Vine Street Temple, with nine Byzantine domes was Nashville's first synagogue, for 80 years a symbol of the city's strong Jewish presence. In 1955, the Reform congregation moved to West Nashville where it and other Jewish congregations continue today. Land once known as Watkins Grove was given to the city in 1870 by brick maker and contractor Samuel Watkins. It served as a site for political gatherings, school commencements and concerts. This became Nashville's first public park in 1901. Park Board chairman E.C. Lewis planned landscape features including a stone entrance and fence, walkways, flowerbeds, and benches, which were built with materials
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text on one side, sketch of the building on the other
text on one side, sketch of the building on the other
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211 North 1st Street 36.175227
500 2nd Avenue South 36.156037
Commerce Street and Seventh Avenue North 36.160973
Watkins Park, Jo Johnston Avenue and Henry Hale Boulevard 36.161798
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-86.771124 POINT (-86.771124 36.156037)
-86.781619 POINT (-86.781619 36.160973)
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86 1990
145 2012
33 1970
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Luke Lea Heights 5 Miles Ahead on Scenic Drive
Scarritt College for Christian Workers
Mcconnell Field
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donated by citizens. In 1906, the Centennial Club opened the city's first playground here, setting a precedent for public recreation facilities elsewhere in the city. Improved by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, Watkins Park was a park for black Nashvillians from 1936 until the 1960s, when the park system was desegregated. Luke Lea (1879-1945) envisioned this park, gave to the city in 1927 the original 868 acres, and asked that the land be named for his father-in-law, Percy Warner. Founder of The Nashville Tennessean, Lea was a key developer of Belle Meade, a U.S. senator, organizer and colonel of the 114th Field Artillery, WWI. To honor him the Park Board named a high hill and overlook Lea Heights. Established in Kansas City in 1892 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South and moved to Nashville in 1924, Scarritt trained laity in Christian education, music, and missions until it closed in 1988. Much of the Collegiate Gothic campus architecture was designed by Nashville architect Henry C. Hibbs. The campus was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. A leader in racial integration in the South, Scarritt integrated its student population in 1952. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in Wightman Chapel to the Conference on Christian Faith and Human Relations on April 25, 1957. From its beginning, Scarritt had an international student population that reflected its commitment to a global understanding of racial justice and equality. Its mission and vision continue today through the Scarritt-Bennett Center. In 1927 the City bought 131 acres from Warren Sloan and made this the Nashville airport, named for Lieut. Brower McConnell, Tennessee National Guard pilot who died that year in an air crash. The hangars were 50 yards east. Aircraft outgrew the field in the 1930s and moved to Sky Harbor and
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Donated by the Scarritt Alumni Association
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Belle Meade Boulevard, inside Percy Warner Park
In front of Wightman Chapel, 1008 19th Avenue North 36.145991
Murphy Road, by the club house in McCabe Park 36.14117
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-86.841381 POINT (-86.841381 36.14117)
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35 1970
44 1971
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204 2019
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Cornelia Fort Airport
William Walker 'grey-eyed Man of Destiny'
Timothy Demonbreun
Josephine Groves Holloway 1898-1988
Hillsboro High School
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Berry Field. The Park Board began the golf course in 1939. Cornelia Fort (1919-43), Nashville's first woman flying instructor volunteer, Army's WAFS, WWII, was the first woman pilot to die on war duty in American history. 'I am grateful that my one talent, flying, was useful to my country.' she wrote shortly before her death. Miss Fort was lost in a crash over Texas flying a basic-trainer plane, BT 13-A, across the United States. Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was doctor, lawyer, & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with 46 men & proclaimed himself Pres., Republic of Lower Calif. Led force into Nicaragua in 1855; was elected its Pres. in 1856. In attempt to wage war on Honduras was captured & executed Sept. 12, 1860. Jacques-Timothe' De Montbrun, born on Mar. 23, 1741, in Boucherville, Quebec, was the first white man to live in the Nashville area. Beginning in 1769, he spent several winters here trading for furs. He served as Lieut. Gov. of Illinois Country, 1783-86. He became permanent resident of Nashville in 1790, operating store & tavern. Died at home on this site, Oct. 30, 1826. Josephine Holloway graduated from Fisk Univ. with a degree in sociology in 1923. She worked at Bethlehem Center as a case worker, where she began organizing the first African-American Girl Scouts troops in Middle Tenn. In 1924 Holloway trained with Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low. From 1944-63 she worked as the GS Council's first black professional. In 1951 her efforts were central to establishing Camp Holloway, in Millersville, Tenn., for African American girls. Hillsboro High School was built in 1939 to serve rural students between Bellevue and Antioch. It is named for Hillsboro Pike, which runs along the western boundary of the school property to the former town of Hillsboro in
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wall marker
Council District 34 double sided
Council District 25
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Cornelia Fort Airport, Airpark Drive 36.190367
Commerce Street at Fourth Avenue North 36.162431
Third Avenue North, near intersection with Broadway, wall marker 36.16201
4522 Granny White Pike 36.089473
Hillsboro High School, 3812 Hillsboro Pike 36.106822
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-86.777684 POINT (-86.777684 36.162431)
-86.775603 POINT (-86.775603 36.16201)
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-86.813035 waiting to install POINT (-86.813035 36.106822)
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10 1968
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The Harpeth Hall School
United Nations Visit to Nashville
Two Rivers Mansion
Julia Mcclung Green 1873-1961
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western boundary of the school property to the former town of Hillsboro in Williamson Co. In 1952, following a complete renovation, the school was destroyed by a fire. Edwin Keeble designed the current mid-century modern building in 1954. It was expanded in 1958 and the campus was renovated in 1995. The iconic clock was added in 1958. On Sept. 17, 1951, Harpeth Hall opened as an independent girls' college preparatory school on the former P.M. Estes estate. Susan Souby headed the first school of 161 girls. Originating with Ward Seminary (1865-1913); Belmont College for Young Women (1890-1913); and the Ward Belmont School (1913-1951), Harpeth Hall continued Nashville's tradition of superior single-gender education. Motto: Let us lift up the mind and spirit. On June 7, 1976, 101 permanent representatives of the United Nations made a historic and unprecedented group visit to Nashville at the invitation of Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton and Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton. During the visit, the United Nations representatives attended a forum at nearby Vanberbilt University, a special Tennessee luncheon in Centennial Park, and a special performance of the Grand Ole Opry. United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim was presented the Cordell Hull Peace Award by the State of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University during the visit. Built in 1859 by David H. McGavock, this mansion stands on land inherited by McGavock's wife, Willie, from her father, William Harding. The smaller house to the left was built in 1802. Dr. James Priestley's Academy, established about 1816, was located on the 1,100 acre farm 1 mile from the mansion on the Cumberland River bluff. Dedicated educator who served Davidson County public schools 57 years as a teacher, the first Supervisor of Elementary Education 1911-1944 and Director of Character Education, Miss Julia oversaw schools countywide. A
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3801 Hobbs Road 36.103404
Centennial Park, front lawn of Parthenon 36.148817
In front of Two Rivers Mansion, 3130 McGavock Pike 36.189087
3500 Hobbs Road 36.102407
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-86.8119 POINT (-86.8119 36.148817)
-86.674773 POINT (-86.674773 36.189087)
-86.833444 POINT (-86.833444 36.102407)
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Hell's Half Acre
Assumption Church
Lake Providence Community
Fehr School
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progressive, she pioneered school hot lunch and health programs for children, local affiliation with national education organizations, and the local PTA movement. North and west of the State Capitol was an area city reformers called 'Hell's Half Acre.' Home to immigrants and free and enslaved Blacks, it was a part of a red-light district before, during and after the Civil War. Line St. (now Jo Johnston Ave.) included brothels, bars and secret gambling houses, but the area was also home to a rich African-American culture. Razed as part of the Capitol Hill redevelopment plan in the 1950s, its residents relocated to other parts of the city. Nashville's second oldest Catholic church, dedicated Aug. 14, 1859, its rectory on right was added in 1874, school on left in 1879. The present altar, windows, and steeple were added later. The Germantown neighborhood grew around it; sermons were often in German until World War I. The parish has produced many nuns and priests including Archbishop John Floersh and Cardinal Stritch. Soon after the Civil War, freed slave families established farms and dairies in this community named for Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church. The church was founded in 1868 by Rev. Larry A. Thompson, a traveling missionary. The first church building and school stood nearby. Many roads in this area are named for African-American settlers. Named for local merchant and former school board member Rudolph Fehr, and designed by architects Dougherty and Gardner, Fehr School opened in 1924. On Sept. 9, 1957, Fehr became one of the first schools in Nashville to desegregate, admitting four African American first graders, who attended despite a hostile atmosphere. Some 200 protestors surrounded the school, and it received bomb threats prior to Hattie Cotton
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double-sided with #74
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1227 Seventh Avenue North 36.175419
4500 block Nolensville Road 36.071514
1624 Fifth Avenue North (Salemtown) 36.182203
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Jackson's Law Office
Nashville Academy of Medicine
Club Baron
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School being firebombed shortly after midnight on Sept. 10 Andrew Jackson settled in Nashville in 1788 and served as Atty. Gen. until 1796. Lawyer John Overton owned a building here (1791-96) and shared office space with his friend Jackson. Jackson was Tennessee's first Rep. to Congress (1796) and state Superior Court judge (1798-1804). He led U.S. troops to victory at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans and was elected President in 1828. The Nashville Medical Society, the first medical association in Tennessee, was founded March 5, 1821, by seven physicians in the log courthouse on the Public Square. The first president was Dr. Felix Robertson (1781- 1865), son of James and Charlotte Robertson and two-time Nashville mayor. On September 4, 1906, the organization was chartered by the State of Tennessee as the Nashville Academy of Medicine and Davidson County Medical Society. Jefferson Street developed as a vibrant African-American commercial district in the late-19th and early-20th century. As Fisk University, Tenn. A&I (Tenn. State Univ.) and Meharry Medical College grew, more restaurants, shops and music venues opened to cater to nearby residents. Built in 1955 during the golden age of Jefferson Street's music scene (1935-65), Club Baron is the only extant nightclub from that time. Owned by local pharmacist Jackson H. Brown, the building also served as a secondary location for Brown's Pharmacy, as well as the only skating rink in town for African Americans. The club is best known as the site of a 1963 guitar duel where Nashville bluesman Johnny Jones bested up-and- comer Jimi Hendrix. Other well-known performers included Fats Domino, Etta James, Little Richard, Otis Redding, Muddy Waters, Jackie Wilson and Ruth McFadden. Now owned by the Elks Lodge, the building was
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Marker Project- prioirty list replaced with new text in 2018
Council District 21
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333 Union Street, wall marker 36.165185
33rd Ave near West End Ave 36.14086
2614 Jefferson St. 36.168062
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65 1976
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General Thomas Overton 1753-1824
Chickasaw Treaty
Cumberland Park
J. W. Price Fire Hall
Woman Suffrage Rallies
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and Ruth McFadden. Now owned by the Elks Lodge, the building was preserved as a local Historic Landmark in 2016. Gen. Thomas Overton served in the Revolutionary War and as Inspector of Revenue in N.C., the same position held by his brother Judge John Overton in Tenn. He was one of Gen. Jackson's seconds in duel with Chas. Dickinson. This grave plot was a part of his homeplace, 'Soldier's Rest,' where he lived from 1804 until his death in 1824. In 1783, Chickasaw chiefs met with white settlers at a spring 100 yards north and agreed on land rights—the Cumberland country for the settlers, the Tennessee River lands beyond the Duck River ridge for the Chickasaw. This tribe became firm friends of James Robertson and his people, but the settlement suffered many more raids by Cherokees and Creeks. The Cumberland Fair and Racing Association sponsored harness racing here 1891-1894. The great match race between Hal Pointer of Tennessee and Direct of California occurred Oct. 21, 1891. Direct won all three heats in record time for a pacing race. Arion, Directum, Kremlin, Robt. J. raced here. Running races 1893-1906 preceded the State Fair 1906. Constructed in 1892 for Hose Company #1, this building is one of the earliest extant fire halls in Nashville. The upstairs housed firefighters while the lower floor stabled the company's two horses. R. C. Burk served as the first Captain. The fire hall was renamed for J.W. Price, a local businessman, c1910. In 1993, the building reopened as a branch of the Nashville Public Library, and is named for State Legislators Charles and Mary Pruitt. Centennial Park was the site of May Day rallies held annually from 1914 until 1920, when the Tennessee General Assembly ratified the 19th
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Donelson Avenue west of Bryan Street, Old Hickory 36.264067
Corner of Morrow Road and Terry Drive 36.163142
State Fairgrounds, intersection of Walsh Road, Rains Avenue, and Wedgewood Avenue 36.132763
117 Charles E. Davis Boulevard 36.151752
Centennial Park, along 28th Avenue North near Art Center 36.153343
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Hillsboro Toll Gate No. 1
Patsy Cline's Dream House
Alex Little Page Green (1806-1874)
James Carroll Napier
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until 1920, when the Tennessee General Assembly ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing the right to vote to American women. Suffragists marched from the State Capitol to Centennial Park, where thousands gathered to hear speakers such as Anne Dallas Dudley, Maria Thompson Daviess, Sue Shelton White, and Abby Crawford Milton. Ten yds. north stood toll gate and toll gate house erected by Nashville and Hillsboro Turnpike Co., Incorporated in 1848. Charges to travel macadamized road could not exceed: horse or mule, 3 cents; 10 sheep, 20 cents; 20 meat cattle, 25 cents; carriage drawn by pair of horses or mules, 25 cents. Toll removed in 1903. Toll gate house, enlarged, stands 20 yds. northwest. This is the 'dream house' of country music icon Patsy Cline, born Virginia Patterson Hensley in 1932. Roy Acuff offered her a job by the age of 16, but she opted to sing with a local group back home in Winchester, Va. She changed her name in 1953 and debuted on the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. She got her big break in 1957 singing 'Walkin' After Midnight' on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. In 1973, she became the first female solo artist inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1829, The Rev. Alex Green joined the Methodist Episcopal Church's Nashville Conference. Elected vice-president of the TN Conference's Temperance Society in 1835, Green was instrumental in the Southern Methodist Publishing House's move to Nashville in 1854, and helped establish Shelby Medical College (1857) and Vanderbilt University (1875). By private venture, he opened Union St. from College St. to Market St. c. 1870. This area's first school was renamed Alex Green Academy in 1887. James C. Napier (1845-1940), Nashville Negro lawyer, educator, member
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Council District 3
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Lawn of fire department near Hillsboro Road and Blair Boulevard 36.129691
815 Nella Drive 36.281195
3921 Lloyd Road, Alex Green Elementary School 36.253871
corner of Lafayette Street and Claiborne Street 36.147631
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Holly Street Fire Hall
First Airfield
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Marathon Motor Works
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of the city council, delegate to four Republican conventions, Register of U.S. Treasury, 1911-1915, was a trustee of Fisk, Howard, and Meharry, advocate of the public schools, and founder of the One-cent Savings Bank, later the Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Co. Completed in 1914, J.B. Richardson Engine Company No. 14 was designed by Nashville's first city architect, James B. Yeaman. Designed to blend in with the surrounding residential neighborhood, it was the first fire hall in the city built specifically for motorized fire trucks. Except for short periods during renovations, this fire hall has been in continuous use since its construction, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. E. L. Hampton's pasture became 'Hampton Field' when transient airplanes began landing here during the first World War. About 2,000 feet long from here west, bonded north and south by Golf Club Lane and Woodmont Boulevard, it continued in use as Nashville's first airfield about five years until the opening of Blackwood Field in 1921. Erected in 1890 and named for Ireland's patron saint, this Second Empire style church was built to serve South Nashville's growing Irish Catholic population. Until 1954, the Sisters of Mercy taught a grade school here. Since the 1890s, the Irish Travelers, a unique clan of American nomads, have come here periodically for weddings and funerals. This Italianate-style 1881 factory first housed the Nashville Cotton Mills, which built the middle section c. 1885. It became Phoenix Cotton Mills in 1894. In 1910 Southern Motor Works of Jackson, Tenn. moved in, becoming Marathon Motor Works in 1911. The final portion of the plant and an elegant office and showroom across Clinton St. were built in 1912. Marathon made vehicles in Jackson (1907-1910) and here (1910-1914). It
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double-sided
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1600 Holly Street 36.175477
2305 Hampton Avenue 36.116717
1219 Second Avenue South 36.144662
1200 Clinton Street 36.164514
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Nashville School of Law
Saint Thomas Hospital
Powder-grinding Wheels
Adolphus Heiman 1809-1862
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operated as a parts and service business until 1918. In 1906, William H. Collier, engineer at Southern Engine and Boiler Works in Jackson, Tenn. designed the 'Southern' car, renamed 'Marathon' after a 1909 contest. Marathon Motor Works' roadsters, touring cars, coupes, limousines, and trucks were sold worldwide with four-cyl. engines ranging from 20-45 hp. The 'Marathon' was the first car entirely manufactured in the South. In 1986, Barry L. Walker began redeveloping the complex into a creative community called Marathon Village. Founded in 1911 by the Young Men's Christian Association, the Nashville YMCA Night Law School was created to make legal education accessible to working-class people. The School shared space on the 3rd floor of the YMCA at 7th & Union with the John Hill Eakin Educational Institute and moved to the basement of the Church St. YMCA before moving to its own campus in 1991. Renamed the Nashville School of Law in 1986, it is the only remaining independent law school created by the YMCA. On April 11, 1898, at the request of Nashville Bishop Thomas Byrne, the Daughters of Charity opened Saint Thomas Hospital on this site in the former home of Judge J. M. Dickinson. Named for Byrne's patron saint, the hospital began as a 26-bed 'refuge for the sick,' opened a new building in 1902, operated a School of Nursing, and grew to 333 beds before moving in 1974 to 4220 Harding Road. These wheels used by the Confederacy to grind gunpowder at Augusta, Ga., in 1863-1864 were made in Woolwich, England and were shipped on the blockade runner 'Spray,' via Mobile. After the war Gen. Miles purchased them for use at Sycamore Powder Mills, Cheatham County. They were exhibited at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897. Born in Potsdam, Prussia. Came to Nashville 1838. Lived in home on this
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900 Church Street 36.161285
Hayes Street betweenTwentieth Avenue North and Twentiest-First Awvenue North 36.15215
Near present position of wheels in Centennial Park, by Park Plaza entrance 36.146436
corner of Jefferson Street and 9th Avenue North 36.173077
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Antioch Pike
Belle Meade Golf Links Historic District
Transfer Station Site
Battle of Nashville (december 16, 1864) Confederate Final Stand
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site. Architect, Engineer & Builder. Designed Univ. of Nash. Main Bldg.; Central State Hosp. Main Bldg.; Suspension Bridge over Cumberland River. Masonic Leader; Adj. U.S. Army Mexican War; Col. 10th Tenn. Inf. Reg. C.S.A. Civil War. Buried in Confederate Circle Mount Olivet Cemetery. The Mill Creek Valley Turnpike Company was incorporated by the Tenn. Gen. Assembly on Jan. 21, 1846. Starting near the four mile mark of Nolensville Pike, the road went through Mill Creek valley, 'crossing main Mill creek at or near Rains' mills, passing Antioch meeting house' and continuing south. Tollbooths could be established every five miles to pay for the completion of the road. The name was changed to Antioch Pike in October 1928. Platted in 1915 by developer Johnson Bransford, Belle Meade Golf Links is one of the early subdivisions that arose from the dissolution of the world- famous Belle Meade Plantation. This small residential district represents early 20th century subdivision design and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Site of electric street railway transfer station 1902-1940. Electric streetcar service began formally on April 30, 1889 replacing mule-drawn streetcars which had served the city since 1866. Final run for the electric streetcars was February 2, 1941 on Radnor line. Operation of bus system began Aug. 4, 1940 on Hillsboro-Sunset line After the withdrawal from the main Confederate line at Peach Orchard Hill, TRUE Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee formed a battle line across Franklin Pike 400 yards east of here with 200 men from the remnants of Brig. Gen. Henry Clayton's division and two cannons from the Eufaula Light Artillery. This last line of defense halted the Federal pursuit for the night as the
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2360 Antioch Pike 36.06097
Belle Meade Golf Links, Intersection of Windsor Drive and Blackburn Avenue 36.101873
Near corner of 3rd Avenue and Deaderick Street 36.166283
827 Tyne Blvd 36.077687
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The Old Woman's Home
Nashville Sit-ins
Ward's Seminary
Mrs. John Donelson
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Confederate army retreated through the hills to the southwest. On Dec. 17, 1891, the Tenn. legislature granted a charter establishing the Old Woman's Home 'for the care and protection of aged and helpless women.' In 1909, the women moved from 136 Cherry St. (4th Ave) to a new home at 2817 West End Ave. Later renamed The West End Home for Ladies, it was home to hundreds of elderly women until it was demolished in 1984. The West End Home Foundation continues this legacy of enriching the lives of older adults through grantmaking and advocacy. Formerly located at this site was First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, headquarters of the 1960s Sit-In Movement, led by Rev. Kelly Miller Smith. Strategy sessions, non-violence workshops, mass meetings, victory celebrations, and administrative offices were here. The well-disciplined Nashville Sit-Ins served as a model for civil rights demonstrations throughout the South. Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies, founded in 1865 by Dr. William E. Ward, stood at this site many years. Dr. Ward, a graduate of Cumberland University in Lebanon in both law and divinity, died in 1887. The school was sold, but continued to operate as Ward's Seminary until 1913 when it merged with Belmont College to form Ward-Belmont, a high school and junior college for women. Ward's was regarded as one of the leading schools for young women in the South. After Col. John Donelson was killed in 1785, his widow and family continued to live here in a log house. In 1789 lawyers Andrew Jackson and John Overton boarded with the Donelsons. Here Jackson met Rachel, the Donelson's youngest daughter. They married in 1791 and lived here until they acquired there own home across the Cumberland in 1792.
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donated by the West End Home Foundation
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2817 West End Avenue 36.144546
Eighth Avenue North and Charlotte Pike 36.164366
272 Rosa L Parks Blvd 36.160131
Gallatin Pike (Hwy 31) near Myatt Drive intersection, 1787 Gallatin Pike North 36.296461
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Duncan College Prepartory School for Boys
Cockrill Bend
Cora Howe's 'wildings'
Eastland
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Marvin T. Duncan, a graduate of Webb School (Bell Buckle) and Vanderbilt University, founded Duncan School in 1908 at this site on 25th Avenue, S. He and his wife, Pauline, taught at the school until it closed in 1952. The Duncans dedicated their lives to training boys in high principles of honor and scholarship. The school graduated some 752 men and 6 women, including many community leaders. In 1786, the State of N.C. granted Gen. James Robertson several large tracts of land in this area. Robertson's Bend was renamed after the Cockrill family who established several farms and a mill here before the Civil War. The Romanesque-style third Tenn. State Penitentiary, designed by Chattanooga architect S.M. Patton, was built from 1893-97 and had 50 buildings. It closed in 1992. Ford Glass Plant opened in 1956 as one of the world's largest automobile glass manufacturers. This house, built from Sewanee stone, was the home of Cora Howe, who created a bucolic, English-style garden here in the early 1920s. Known as 'Wildings,' her garden contained over 300 plant types, many of them native species, and a rare, thatched-roof tool house. Mrs. Howe was wholly dedicated to the unique garden estate, and opened it to the community for nearly 40 years. After her death in 1968, the gardens were transplanted to Cheekwood. The Eastwood area, a suburb originally named Eastland in 1901, was laid out as the Brownsville plan in 1855, the land carved from the Weakley tract. Their c.1855 house remains at the northeast corner of Chapel and Greenwood. Eastland Avenue, previously Vaughn's Pike, was named for and led to a 19th century farm near the river. The old Eastland School, now Eastland Park, was acquired in 1953 by the Park Board and functioned as a community center until the building was demolished.
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Council District 20
Council District 6 doiuble sided
Council District 6 double sided
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Twenty-fifth Avenue South in front of Vanderbilt Memorial Gym 36.143922
Centennial Blvd. at Bomar Blvd. 36.171287
1921 Greenwood Avenue 36.189347
1921 Greenwood Avenue 36.189347
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-86.862782 POINT (-86.862782 36.171287)
-86.735033 POINT (-86.735033 36.189347)
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178 2018
150 2013
16 1969
18 1969
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Centenary United Methodist Church
Sylvan Park School
Belmont Mansion
Johnson's Station
Nashville Plow Works
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Rev. William Gower built the first Gower's Chapel on his farm in 1805. A larger chapel, erected in 1850 on Gower land, also served as the local schoolhouse. On Oct. 5, 1884, the newly named Centenary Methodist Church was dedicated by Bishop Holland McTyeire. In 1922, the church relocated again. The new building was destroyed by a tornado on March 11, 1923, but was rebuilt within the year. Centenary United Methodist Church continues to worship at the same location on Gower Rd. A two-room frame school building was constructed here in 1907 to serve the children of newly-annexed West Nashville. Students in grades 1-8 attended here, and a second two-room building was added in 1909 for students in grades 1-4. Maria Wilson Hill served as first principal. In 1936, the Public Works Administration funded the construction of the current Art Deco building, designed by the architectural firm of Asmus and Clark. This mansion was built in 1853 as a summer home for Joseph and Adelicia Acklen. An 1860 addition by architect Adolphus Heiman expanded the mansion's size to 36 rooms. The entrance to the 177 acre estate, which featured gardens decorated with marble statues and cst iron gazebos, was on Hillsboro Pike. Also on the grounds were greenhouses, a water tower, bowling alley, zoo, art gallery and deer park. In 1783, the State of North Carolina granted Cumberland Compact signer Isaac Johnson 640 ac. on Richland Creek. He settled near Johnson's Lick, a spring on a buffalo path to the southwest. By 1787, a double log house and partially picketed cabins named Johnson's Station stood here as a fort and tax collection site. Vacated in Jan. 1789, the station burned five months later. Charles Bosley, a wealthy member of the Nickajack Expedition and plantation owner, settled here in 1818. Site of a farm implement factory operated by Messrs. Sharp and Hamilton,
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replaced with updated text 2011
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6809 Gower Road 36.126892
Sylvan Park School, 4801 Utah Avenue 36.144462
Belmont Campus in front of the mansion 36.135298
Harding Pike/ Memphis-Bristol Hwy and Vine Court 36.129844
SE corner of Eighth Avenue South and Palmer Place 36.15339
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-86.844438 POINT (-86.844438 36.1444620000000 04)
-86.794819 POINT (-86.794819 36.135298)
-86.839452 POINT (-86.839452 36.129844)
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110 2002
167 2018
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Rev. William Gower (1776-1851)
Old Hickory Triangle
Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital
Central High School
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previous to the War Between the States. With the out-break of hostilities they reversed the Biblical injunction and produced swords of excellent quality for the Confederacy. With the coming of the Federal Army, the making of swords was discontinued. On April 24, 1780, William Gower, age 3½, arrived with his family at the Bluffs settlements, now Nashville. In 1800 he settled near Overall Creek and in 1802 married Charlotte Garland. They had fifteen children, many of whom became prominent community leaders. A Methodist minister for over a half century, William founded Gower's Chapel on his own farmland. Gower Cemetery was established in 1816, with the burial of William's mother, Obedience Blakeley Gower. This intersection, known as 'The Triangle,' served as the commercial core of Old Hickory from the 1920s through the 1940s. A variety of shops were located here, including a grocery, bank, general store, barber shop, restaurants, and doctors' offices, as well as the bus station and YMCA. The Public Works Administration built the Colonial Revival Post Office in 1934-35. Opened in 1927, Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital provided African- Americans in Nashville with modern healthcare and drew patients & medical professionals from across the country. The mid-century modern Pagoda of Medicine, designed by Leon Q. Jackson, was built in 1963 for Dr. Carl A. Dent, who twice served as the chief medical director & president of the medical staff. McKissack and McKissack oversaw the construction of new facilities in the 1970s. The hospital closed in 1983. Founded in 1915 as the first public high school in the county system, Central High School stood here from 1921-1971. One of the earliest student government associations in the South began here. Many
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6809 Gower Road 36.126892
Old Hickory Village Triangle, formed by Old Hickory Boulevard, Donelson Avenue, and Bryan Street 36.264259
800 Youngs Lane 36.204404
161 Rains Avenue 36.135095
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36.15339)
-86.932021 POINT (-86.932021 36.126892)
-86.650387 POINT (-86.650387 36.264259)
-86.795895 POINT (-86.795895 36.204404)
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206 2019
63 1976
108 2001
157 2017
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Percy Priest Lake
Clover Bottom Mansion
Grassmere
Surrender of Nashville Charles Fuller Home
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graduates became city and county political leaders. The last mayor of the old Nashville City Government, Ben West, and first Metro Government mayor, Beverly Briley, were classmates here. Construction of the J. Percy Priest Dam and Reservoir began on June 2, 1963. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project was named for Priest, a teacher and Tennessean editor who served in Congress from 1940 until his death in 1956. Several small communities, like nearby Couchville, were destroyed during the creation of the lake. Dedicated on June 29, 1968, Percy Priest Dam generates Tenn. Valley Authority energy, and the 14,200-acre lake provides many recreational opportunities. Built in 1858 by Dr. James Hoggatt on land inherited from his father, Capt. John Hoggatt, a Revolutionary War soldier, this fine Italian villa style home is centered in an area of local historical significance. John Donelson settled early in this rich Stone's River bottom area, followed by Andrew Jackson, who married his daughter, Rachel. Col. Michael C. Dunn, a landowner and sheriff, built a home in the Federal style ca. 1810. A grandson-in-law, William D. Shute, received the farm in 1859 and named it Grassmere. Intact following the Civil War, the house was renovated and an Italianate porch added ca. 1880. Margaret and Elise Croft, 5th generation descendants, lived here until their deaths. Wishing to preserve the farm, the sisters gave it to future generations as a 'nature study center.' After Union success to north in TN and KY, Col. John Kennett, 4th Ohio TRUE Vol. Cavalry, ordered Cpt. H.C. Rodgers to Edgefield. They met with Nashville mayor R.B. Cheatham, Feb. 23, 1862, at the Edgefield home of banker Charles Fuller, to discuss terms of surrender. The city was conveyed to Federal control on Feb. 25. Fuller became a U.S. Treasury
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Council District 29
typo on original, replaced 2017
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3000 Smith Springs Rd. 36.08724
2941 Lebanon Pike (inside entrance to Tennessee Historical Commission) 36.1708
3777 Nolensville Road 36.090371
612 Woodland Street, East Park 36.17293
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-86.60098 waiting to install POINT (-86.60098 36.08724)
-86.652783 POINT (-86.652783 36.1708)
-86.734215 DOWN DURING CONSTRUCTION POINT (-86.734215 36.090371)
-86.761689 POINT (-86.761689 36.17293)
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142 2011
82 1982
47 1971
83 1987
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Belmont-hillsboro Neighborhood
Oglesby Community House
Saint Cecilia Academy
Black Churches of Capitol Hill
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agent at the end of the war prior to his death in 1868. The Fuller home was destroyed in the East Nashville Fire of 1916. When Adelicia Acklen's estate was sold in 1890, the Belmont Mansion and its grounds became Belmont College. Other portions, and parts of the neighboring Sunnyside Mansion property, were subdivided into residential lots by the Belmont Land Co. In 1900-1910, streetcar lines were built running to Cedar Lane on Belmont Boulevard and to Blair Boulevard on 21st Ave. The neighborhood became a National Register Historic District in 1980. Built 1898, the Mary Lee Academy, the second school in the Oglesby Community, was named for its first teacher, Miss Mary Lee Clark. The county bought the school in 1906. The name changed to Ogilvie in honor of the land donor, Benton H. Ogilvie, and later became Oglesby. In 1943, the schoolhouse was given back to the Oglesby Community. The name Saint Cecilia, patroness of music was chosen for a grammar and high school for girls, opened in October 1860 by four sisters who had moved to this site from Saint Mary's convent, Third Order of Saint Dominic, Somerset, Ohio on August 17, 1860. The central building was completed in 1862, the west wing in 1880, and the east wing in 1913. 1. First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill (1848) 2. Gay Street Christian Church (1859) 3. Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church (1887) 4. St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (1898) 5. St. John A.M.E. Church (1863) 6. Spruce Street Baptist Church (1848). These six churches stood within 1/6 mile of this marker. These six Black churches stood in the center of Nashville's prosperous Black business district before the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Program. Several began before the Civil War as 'missions' or Sunday School classes of earlier white churches. All boasted memberships of over
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damaged and replaced in 2016
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2500 Belmont Boulevard 36.125631
5724 Edmondson Pike 36.037807
Dominican Drive near Athens Way 36.187433
Charlotte Pike, between 10th Avenue North and YMCA Way (across from Avon Williams of TSU) 36.163616
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-86.743326 POINT (-86.743326 36.037807)
-86.800067 POINT (-86.800067 36.187433)
-86.787467 POINT (-86.787467 36.163616)
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156 2016
165 2018
75 1981
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Music Row
Locust Hill
Western Harmony'
Lock 2 Park
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1,000 by 1910 and claimed the city's most prominent Black business and professional families. All but one moved in the 1950s, and all continue to serve the Nashville community. The heart of Nashville's music business, Music Row began in 1955, when Owen Bradley opened the Quonset Hut, the first recording studio here. In 1957, Chet Atkins opened RCA's studio at the corner of 17th and Hawkins. Other studios, publishing houses, and record labels including Columbia, Epic, Decca, Warner Bros, Capitol, and Curb followed with offices here. Street names were changed in 1975 to Music Square East and West. Donated by Mike Curb Family Foundation Located near Mill Creek, Locust Hill is one of the earliest brick homes in Middle Tennessee. Built c. 1805, it was home to the Charles Hays family until after the Civil War. The Federal-style house features intricately carved mantles and millwork, and impressive faux-wood graining techniques. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Music publishing in Nashville began in 1824 when 'The Western Harmony' was published by Allen D. Carden and Samuel J. Rogers. A book of hymns and instruction for singing, it was printed by Carey A. Harris on the press of his newspaper, the Nashville Republican, on College Street (now Third Avenue) in this vicinity. In 1888, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sought to make water travel on the Cumberland River easier by regulating water levels with a series of dams and locks. Construction on Lock 2 began in 1892, and the lock and dam were finished in 1907. The project ended in 1924 with only 15 of the planned 26 locks completed. Leased to Metro Parks since 1956, Lock 2 Park still contains the lock keeper's house, several outbuildings, a lock wall, and a river gauge on the concrete steps.
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Council District 28
replaced with updated text 2011
Marker Project-priority list
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Owen Bradley Park, 1 Music Square East 36.151803
834 Reeves Rd. 36.064989
Third Avenue North and James Robertson Parkway 36.166877
Lock 2 Park 36.244124
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-86.671836 POINT (-86.671836 36.064989)
-86.779425 POINT (-86.779425 36.166877)
-86.701794 ordered/ not arrived POINT (-86.701794 36.244124)
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55 1975
205 2019
137 2009
191 2019
174 2018
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Fort Negley Site
Crieve Hall
The Craighead House
Elizabeth Atchison Eakin 1858-1936
Joy Floral Company
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The guns of Fort Negley, commanding three turnpikes to the South & TRUE Southeast, opened the Battle of Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864. This site was selected by Capt. J.S. Morton as the key strongpoint in the Federal line around the city. The European style fort named for General James S. Negley, was built of stone, logs, earth and railway iron. The Crieve Hall neighborhood was part of the over 2,000-acre estate of John Overton, on which he built Travellers Rest in 1799. Jesse M. Overton built an English Tudor-style house called Overton Hall near here in 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Farrell purchased the estate in 1925, expanded the home and extensive gardens, and renamed it Crieve Hall after the ancestral Farrell home in Northern Ireland. The house was razed in the 1950s, and Crieve Hall Elementary School opened in 1955. This Federal-style home was built c1810 for John Brown Craighead and his first wife Jane Erwin Dickinson. Craighead was the son of early Nashville settler the Rev. Thomas Craighead. In 1823, Craighead married Lavinia Robertson Beck, youngest daughter of Nashville founders Charlotte and James Robertson. Major additions to the house were made in 1824, 1919, and 1998. Developers purchased the Craighead estate in 1905 and planned the present-day Richland-West End neighborhood. Elizabeth Rhodes Atchison, born in Nashville on Feb. 26, 1858, married prominent banker John H. Eakin in 1882. Active in many civic causes, in 1917 she became the first woman to join the Nashville City School Board. After her death in 1936, a new school on Fairfax Ave., built with funds from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), was named in her honor. In 2006, Eakin School moved to the adjacent Cavert School. The Eakin Building became the Martin Center for teacher training. In 1882, T.S. and T.C. Joy, founders of Joy & Son floral co. (est. 1877),
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Council District 26
Council District 18
Council District 5
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Ridley Avenue, at Fort Negley entrance 36.142933
498 Hogan Road 36.065264
3710 Westbrook Avenue 36.138636
2500 Fairfax Avenue Eakin Elemnetary School 36.134841
1433 Lischey Ave 36.19887
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-86.757741 POINT (-86.757741 36.0652640000000 06)
-86.830844 POINT (-86.830844 36.138636)
-86.807297 POINT (-86.807297 36.1348410000000 1)
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167 2018
2 1968
36 1970
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W.r. Rochelle (1904-1989)
Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.d. (1919-2004)
Captain John Rains 1743-1834
Nashville Fire Department
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bought 91 acres east of Lischey Ave. for their greenhouse operations, including the Gen. White home and White-Ogden Cemetery. The Joys built a large greenhouse (1886) and two brick dwellings along Lischey c. 1890. One of the South's largest florists, Joy Floral Co. opened retail shops and wholesale depts. in Chattanooga (1915) and Atlanta (1920). By 1938, the company had nearly all female leadership. A graduate of Peabody College, William Rayburn Rochelle served as principal of Cohn High School from 1939 until his retirement in 1965. An innovative educator, he led Cohn in developing student government and was responsible for a state of the art music education program. Rochelle devoted his life to education and community service, especially to adults with intellectual disabilities. In 1968, he founded the Rochelle Center for disabled adults and their families. Dorothy Brown was born in 1919 in Philadelphia, Penn. She attended Meharry Medical College and studied under Dr. Matthew Walker, Sr., who admitted her as the first black woman to the surgery program. She was the first female African-American surgeon in the South, and the first to be made a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She was chief of surgery at Riverside Hospital from 1957-1983. In 1966, she became the first African-American woman to serve in the Tenn. Gen. Assembly. On Christmas Day 1779, John Rains led his family and livestock across the frozen Cumberland and settled in this vicinity. In 1784 he built a fort that enclosed this hill and the spring 75 yards east. At james Robertson's orders he often led a company of scouts against Indians. Rains made his home here until his death in 1834. The city's first fire-fighting force of volunteers was formed in May 1807. The first paid Dept. was organized on July 29, 1860, with J.S. Dashiell as
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Council Distirct 2 double sided
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Cohn School, 4805 Park Avenue, (Sylvan Park) 36.150993
800 Youngs Lane 36.204404
SW corner of Rains Avenue and Merritt Street 36.139021
Hermitage Avenue and Middleton Street 36.155734
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36.19887)
-86.84525 POINT (-86.84525 36.150993)
-86.795895 POINT (-86.795895 36.204404)
-86.764014 POINT (-86.764014 36.139021)
-86.76696 POINT (-86.76696 36.155734)
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59 1975
9 1968
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Tanglewood Historic District
Battle of Nashville Federal Main Line
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Mary Catherine Schweiss Strobel (1912-1986)
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chief. Three horse-drawn steam engines were bought. A telegraph alarm was installed in 1875. Chief A.A. Rozetta used the first auto Nov. 21, 1910. First gasoline driven engines were used Sept. 1912. The Tanglewood Historic District is a rustic style suburban development from the 1920-1940s built by Robert M. Condra, a prominent Nashville builder. Natural materials are featured in this popular Arts and Crafts substyle that harmonizes with the landscape. Tanglewood is located at the site of a late 1700s settlement known as Haysborough. On Dec. 16, 1864, the Federal 16th Corps under Gen. A.J. Smith joined TRUE the 23rd Corps under Gen. John M. Schofield approx. 1000 ft. north of here. From that line at about 4:00 p.m. the 1st Brigade of Gen. John McArthur's 1st Division launched the assault that broke the Confederate line at the salient on Shy's Hill to the southeast which resulted in the rout of Hood's Army. This building, renowned for its pure Gothic architecture and harmony of proportions, was designed by Wills & Dudley, of New York, in a style suggesting an English village church. The cornerstone was laid May 7, 1852, by Bishop James Otey. The church was used as a powder magazine by the Union Army for several months during the Civil War. Nashville native Mary Catherine Strobel was the first female employee of the Nashville Fire Department, serving from 1948 to 1977. She also devoted her life to helping the poor. She lived in the family home, 1212 7th Avenue North, from 1938 to 1971. Mary Catherine was murdered in Nashville on Dec. 9, 1986 in a random act of violence. In 1987, the community established the Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards to foster her giving spirit and her legacy of community service.
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Donated by the grandchildren of Mary Catherine Schweiss Strobel
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4908 Tanglewood Drive North, Madison 36.235032
615 Sixth Avenue South 36.152393
1212 17th Avenue North (Germantown) 36.174855
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CURRENTLY DOWN
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-86.790906 POINT (-86.790906 36.174855)
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43 1971
50 1971
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125 2007
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Wallace University School 1886-1941
Eighth Avenue South Reservoir
Jack Clement Recording Studio
First Baptist Church
Surrender of Nashville East Bank of the Cumberland
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To prepare young men for College & for life, believing the first object of education to develop character, the second to develop intellect, third to make Christian gentlemen, Wallace University School, directed by Professor Clarence B Wallace, flourished on this site, 1914-1941. Graduates entered universities without taking the usual examinations. This 51 Mil. Gal. Reservoir was built 1887-89 on Kirkpatrick Hill, the site of Federal Fort Casino during Civil War. It is elliptical in shape with axes of 603 & 463.4 Ft. Perimeter of wall is 1,746 Ft. & water depth is 31 Ft. Rupture in east wall occurred at 12:10 A.M., Nov. 5, 1912. The interior was waterproofed in 1921. Designated as a National Water Landmark by AWWA, 1971. After success in Memphis with Sun Records, 'Cowboy' Jack Clement founded Jack Clement Recording Studio in 1969, producing and writing for artists such as Johnny Cash and Charley Pride. It was the first facility of its kind in Nashville, with interiors designed by Jim Tilton. Sold in 1979 and renamed Sound Emporium, artists such as Kenny Rogers, Dottie West, Ray Stevens, Don Williams, John Denver, R.E.M., Robert Plant & Alison Krauss have recorded here. Organized in 1820, this is the church's third downtown location. The elaborate Gothic tower is all that remains of the Matthews & Thompson building that stood at this location from 1886 to 1967. The Baptist Sunday School Board, now one of the world's largest publishers of religious materials, was organized here in 1891. Edwin Keeble Associates designed the new building, which opened in 1970. On Feb. 25, 1862, Nashville became the first Confederate state capital to TRUE fall to Federal forces. Two days prior, the 4th Ohio Vol. Cavalry arrived from Bowling Green, KY and set up pickets along the east bank of the
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Donated by First Baptist Church
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2000 block of West End Avenue, near 20th Avenue 36.151467
8th Avenue South entrance to reservoir, wall marker 36.13898
3011 Belmont Boulevard 36.118659
First Baptist Church, 108 Seventh Avenue South (marker is on the Broadway side of the church) 36.159464
East Bank Greenway, Cumberland Park 36.16382
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-86.779139 POINT (-86.779139 36.13898)
-86.796243 POINT (-86.796243 36.118659)
-86.780751 POINT (-86.780751 36.159464)
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38 1971
89 1992
49 1971
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Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
John Trotwood Moore 1858-1929
Battle of Nashville Confederate Line
Neill S. Brown 1810-1886
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river. Gen. D.C. Buell arrived by rail with about 9,000 men, and on Feb. 25, Gen. William Nelson and a flotilla carrying around 7,000 men arrived from the recent surrender at Fort Donelson. That afternoon, Mayor R.B. Cheatham surrendered the city to Gen. Buell. The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church was established on Nov. 4, 1917, at 208 6th Ave S., the former site of Wallace Univ. School. Greek immigrants began moving to Nashville in the 1880s in search of better economic opportunities. In 1905 a benevolent society was established—the Greek-American Mutual Help Association—which served as a religious and cultural center and raised funds for the purchase of the 6th Ave. property. In 1986, the church moved to 4905 Franklin Pike. Tennessee novelist, poet, co-author, four-volume history, 'Tennessee, the Volunteer State'; publisher, 'Trotwood Monthly'; author of short stories; breeder & judge of livestock; teacher, lecturer; beloved companion & raconteur; President, Tennessee Historical Society; State Librarian & Archivist, 1919-1929; lived in his home Arden Place on this site. Trenches about 20ft. N of this point, held by Loring's Division, were the TRUE center of the Confederate main line before the Battle of Nashville. On Dec. 15, 1864, Redoubt No.1, a key artillery salient 200 yds. NW, fired on Federal forces until overrun by General Wood's troops late in the day, when Confederates retreated toward Granny White Pike. Located 125 yards north is the site of Idlewild, home of Neill S. Brown, native of Giles County & fourteenth governor of Tennessee, 1848-1850. The only governor to live in East Nashville, he is credited with naming the city of Edgefield. Appointed United States Minister to Russia in 1850, and in 1870 was a member of the State Constitutional Convention.
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corner of 6th Avenue South and Demonbreun Street 36.157884
4425 Granny White Pike 36.09516
1808 Woodmont Boulevard, near intersection of Hopkins St. 36.113627
Neill Avenue between Main Street and Ramsey Street 36.176385
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Belle Vue
Union Station
Loveless Cafe
Ravenwood
Alfred Z. Kelley
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The original log part of this house was built about 1818 by Abram DeMoss and named Belle Vue for the house his father, Lewis DeMoss, built in 1797 overlooking the Harpeth River a mile southwest. In time the name was given to the Nashville & Northwestern Railroad depot and to the U.S. Post Office. Thus the Bellevue community owes its name to this historic site. Erected by the Louisville & Nashville Terminal Co. & dedicated Oct. 9, 1900, the Romanesque style building of Bowling Green Gray stone and Tennessee marble was designed by L & N Chief Eng. Richard Montfort. The past grandeur of the structure is still evident in the ornate fresco figures, stained glass windows & elaborate wrought iron decoration. In 1951, Lon and Annie Loveless began serving fried chicken, biscuits and jams at picnic tables to hungry travelers from Highway 100, then the main road between Nashville and Memphis. They soon converted their 4-room home into a restaurant, added the 14-room Loveless Motel, a smokehouse and the iconic neon sign. Known for scratch-made Southern meals using recipes passed down by Lon and Annie, The Loveless Cafe remains a staple that welcomes over half a million guests each year. Built in 1903 by Judge J.D.B. and Sarah DeBow, the two-story stone house called Ravenwood was razed and rebuilt in 1947 by businessman R.D. Stanford, Jr. The 272-acre estate included terraced gardens, stone walls and a man-made lake. In 1957, Stanford sold the land to the Donelson Improvement Co. to become the private Ravenwood Club. A swimming pool, tennis courts, equestrian trails and 18-hole golf course were added. Metro Parks and Recreation purchased the property in 2012. Nashville barber Alfred Z. Kelley was lead plaintiff in Kelley v. Board of Education, a federal lawsuit filed Sept. 23, 1955, on behalf of his son Robert and 20 other African American children. In December, the suit was
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replaced #42 Union Station
Council District 35
Council District 14
Council Distirct 31
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7306 Old Harding Road 36.066499
1001 Broadway 36.157808
8400 TN-100 36.034806
Stones River Greenway, past Stone Hall 36.187536
A.Z. Kelley Elementary, 5834 Pettus Rd. 36.022027
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Buchanan Log House
Historic Bellevue
Rev. Bill Barnes (1931-2017)
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amended to include two white children turned away from city schools. They lived in majority African American neighborhoods. Kelley sought compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 Brown ruling. Tenn.'s longest desegregation case, it was settled in April 1998. James Buchanan (1763-1841) built this two-story single pen log house with hall and parlor plan c1807. The single pen log addition was added c1820 to accommodate the Buchanan family's sixteen children. The house displays a high level of craftsmanship and is one of the best examples of two-story log construction in Middle Tennessee. The house was restored and placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Belle Vue was the name Abraham Louis DeMoss gave the land he bought overlooking the Harpeth River in 1800. His gristmill and sawmill stood nearby. When the Nashville-Northwestern Railroad cut its line to Kingston Springs in 1855, Bellevue became the hub of this area with a railroad depot, blacksmith shop and livery stable. In 1866 T.L. Herrin opened a general store and post office to the north. A two-story frame pre-railroad storage building now houses Bellevue Lodge No. 716. Reverend William L. 'Bill' Barnes, a pastor, civil rights leader and teacher, was often called the 'conscience of Nashville.' Rev. Barnes passionately agitated for legislation that would help those marginalized by race, social class, sexual orientation, incarceration or homelessness. He also founded many organizations to bring attention to those issues including MANNA (1975), Project Return (1979) and the Organized Neighbors of Edgehill (O.N.E.) Barnes Scholarship (1995). In 1966 Rev. Barnes founded Edgehill United Methodist Church, one of Nashville's first intentionally integrated churches. His work, addressing issues like affordable housing, often centered in the Edgehill community. Barnes wanted his work to be
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Council District 22
double sided
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Elm Hill Pike in front of Buchanan Log House 36.144776
7420 Old Harding Pike 36.064017
1502 Edgehill Avenue 36.143243
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Albertine Maxwell
Montgomery Bell Academy
Myhr House (maple Row)
The Nashville Brewery
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carried into the future, believing, much like Saint Óscar Romero, that 'The temple shall remain unfinished until all are housed in dignity.' In 2013 The Barnes Housing Trust, the city's affordable housing fund, was named in his honor. Regarded as the symbol of dance in her adopted hometown of Nashville, Ellen Albertine Chaiser Maxwell (1902-96) operated the Albertine School of the Dance (1936-80). She had danced with Chicago Opera, Adolf Baum Dance Co., and Ruth St. Denis Dance Co. Founder and director of the Les Ballets Intimes with Nashville Ballet Society (1945-80), Maxwell was also a founding member of the Southeastern Regional Ballet Assn. (1955). Her studio in her home, 3325 West End, no longer stands. Formerly established in 1867 with a bequest of $20,000 by ironmaster Montgomery Bell, the roots of M.B.A. actually go back to 1785, with the University of Nashville, Cumberland College, and Davidson Academy. The boy's preparatory school has been here since 1915, when the Board of Trustees purchased Totomoi, the estate of Garland Tinsley. In 1906, Norwegian-born Andres Ivarson Myhr and wife Minnie Bolton Myhr acquired land from Tabitha DeMoss and built 'Maple Row,' named for trees planted along the driveway. Part of Myhr Farm, this was the first house in Bellevue to have indoor running water, electricity and central air. Dr. Myhr was State Evangelist and Secretary of the Tenn. Missionary Society for 20 years. He served as pastor of Bellevue Christian Church (1883 to 1933), that met here after the church burned. The Nashville Brewery was founded by Jacob Stiefel on this location in 1859. After the Civil War, the brewery had various owners until it was rebuilt by Christian Moerlein and William Gerst in 1890. Renamed the William Gerst Brewing Co in 1893, it brewed until the start of
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originally approved 2010, updated in 2016 with new text and a sketch of the original builing
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West End Avenue and Orleans Drive 36.139583
4001 Harding Road 36.130229
Bradford Green at Myhr Green, Bellevue 36.071528
810 Sixth Avenue South near Mulberry Street 36.150148
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Granny White Grave
Randall Jarrell 1914-1965
Woodbine
Penny Campbell 1953-2014
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Prohibition. William Gerst died in 1933, the year Prohibition ended, but his four sons resumed operation using the popular 'Brewed in Dixie' slogan. The brewery closed in 1954 due to national competition. Lucinda 'Granny' White of N.C. acquired 50 acres of land near Brown's Creek on Jan. 2, 1803. In 1812, she opened a log tavern about 200 feet north of here near an old spring. Famous for its food and hospitality, Granny White's inn stood along a stagecoach road that connected to the Natchez Trace. She was buried here on her land in 1816. Granny White Pike was named after her in 1855. The D.A.R. Gen. James Robertson Chapter restored her grave and added iron fencing in 1932. Distinguished poet, critic, novelist, and teacher. Born in Nashville; Hume- Fogg graduate 1931; Vanderbilt bachelor's and master's degrees. Served in U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. Wrote about losses of war and childhood innocence. Poet Laureate at Library of Congress, 1956-58. Winner of National Book Award for poetry, 1960. An early settler of this area was James Menees, at whose home Mill Creek Baptist Church was formed in 1797. James Whitsitt, first pastor, served over 50 years. Earlier known as Flat Rock, in 1939 this place was renamed Woodbine, after the David Hughes Estate once located on Nolensville Road. In 1919 the L&N RR began operation of Radnor Yards. An activist for LGBT rights and advocate for people with mental health and housing issues, Campbell co-organized Tennessee's delegation to the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights and Nashville's 1988 Pride parade at a time when many feared discrimination and violence. Daughter of civil rights activist Will Campbell, she was the lead plaintiff in Campbell v. Sundquist (1996), which overturned a law criminalizing private, consensual, sexual acts between same-sex adults.
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replaced with updated text in 2018
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Travelers Ridge Drive off of Granny White Pike 36.073301
Hume-Fogg High School, 700 Broadway 36.159303
Nolensville Road, between Joyner Avenue and Whitsett Road (across the street from Woodbine Methodist 36.115864 Church)
1615 McEwen Avenue 36.181223
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Mount Pisgah Community
Vauxhall Garden Site
Antioch High School
Captain Alexander 'devil Alex' Ewing 1752-1822
Major Wilbur Fisk Foster 1834-1922
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In 1867, Jane Watson deeded land to several African-American families, many of them her former slaves. First called Watson Town, the community became known as Mt. Pisgah by 1871. The Methodist Episcopal Church North organized a church here in 1866 and bought an acre of land from William Holt in 1869 for a church and school building. The second church building, used 1916-1976, stood along the Owen & Winstead Pike, now Edmondson Pike. Located immediately south, this fashionable place of entertainment was established by Messrs. Decker & Dyer in 1827 and operated for more than a decade. It covered several acres & included a ballroom, dining hall and miniature railroad. Pres. Jackson was honored here on several occasions. John Bell made his famous 'Vauxhall Garden Speech' here May 23, 1835. Antioch High School opened here in the fall of 1933, after community members from Antioch, Cane Ridge and Mims (Bakertown) signed petitions to the Board of Education urging them to choose Antioch, not Una, as the school location. Previously the school had been on Antioch Pike near Mill Creek. A wing for the elementary school was added in 1951, with another wing added in 1958. This building became Antioch Middle in 1997, when the high school moved to a new location on Hobson Pike. Lt. Alexander Ewing was commissioned in the Continental Army in Sept. 1777 and promoted to Capt. in 1781. That year, while serving as aide-de- camp to Maj. Gen. Greene, he was wounded at Guilford Courthouse. Ewing moved to Davidson Co. c. 1786 and married Sarah Smith c. 1788. Initially granted 2,666 acres, by 1798 Ewing had increased his land holdings across Middle Tenn. and owned 13 enslaved persons. This early Federal-style house was completed just before his death in 1822. Chief Engr. Army of Tenn. C. S. A.; Construction Engineer on first R.R.
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Donated by the Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church
Council District 32
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6245 Mount Pisgah Road (sign is located on Edmondson Pike side of the church) 36.022362
Demonbreun Street and 9th Avenue South 36.156526
Antioch Middle School 5050 Blue Hole Rd. 36.022014
5101 Buena Vista Pike 36.234022
Centennial Park by Lake Wautauga 36.146883
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Blackwood Field
Woodmont Estates
West End High School
Glendale Park
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Bridge in Nashville; City Engineer of Nashville and member of American Society of Civil Engineers; Director of Works at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition & Co-Founder of Foster & Creighton Co.; Elder, First Presbyterian Church; 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. In 1921 the State rented land west of Shute Lane and erected two hangars here for the 105th Observation Squadron, Tennessee National Guard. The airfield of about 100 acres was named for H. O. Blackwood, who gave $1,000 to aid the project. The first airmail flight from Nashville was from here to Chicago July 29, 1924. Airplanes used the field until 1928. Created in 1937 from the G. A. Puryear farm. It was once part of Samuel Watkin's country estate. Olmsted Bros. Landscape Architects designed the roads and lots to flow naturally with the hills, valleys, and brook. Residential development was made possible by the 1915 construction of a concrete road. Known by 1918 as Woodmont Boulevard, it was the first documented concrete road in Tennessee. One of Nashville's best examples of Colonial Revival style, this building was designed by Donald Southgate and opened in 1937. Public Works Administration funds supported its construction during a major city school building project of the 1930s. Principals William H. Yarbrough (1937-54) and John A. Oliver (1955-68) built a reputation for academic and athletic excellence. It became a middle school in 1968. Here, near the center of a 64-acre woodland park owned by the Nashville Railway & Light Co., the Glendale streetcar line turned back toward town. The park opened in 1888 to attract passengers for the railway—originally steam, electric after 1893. A zoo was added in 1912. The park closed in 1932, a casualty of automobiles and the Depression.
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Shute Lane and Lebanon Road, Hermitage 36.214462
West Valley Brook and Bear Road 36.114255
West End Avenue and Bowling Avenue, Elmington Park 36.134539
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Percy Warner Park 2058.1 Acres
Site of Original Gas Works
Edwin Warner Park 606.7 Acres
The Jungle and Juanita's
Hillwood Estates
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Percy Warner (1861-1927) was a pioneer in electric utilities and hydroelectric development in the South. As chairman of the Park Board, he expanded Nashville's park system. Preservation of this natural area was one of his greatest civic projects. Named in his honor by the Park Board in 1927, this land constitutes the largest municipal park in Tennessee. The Nashville Gas Light Co., founded Mar. 1850, with General Washington Barrow, President, built first gas works in Tennessee for manufacturing gas from coal. First street lamp was lighted Feb. 13, 1851 at Second Ave. North and Public Square. First gas stove was used in 1894. Natural gas piped from Texas was first used in Nashville on August 5, 1946. Edwin Warner (1870-1945) succeeded his brother Percy on the Park Board in 1927 and served for eighteen years. He personally directed the acquisition of most of the Warner Park acreage and supervised WPA development of the property. Warner organized a major Victory Garden program in the park during WWII. Park land west of Old Hickory Blvd. was renamed in his honor in 1937. Warren Jett opened The Jungle, a restaurant and cocktail bar, at 715 Commerce Street in 1952. Next door, Juanita Brazier opened Juanita's Place, a beer bar, in 1956. By the early 1960s, both were known as the first gay bars in Nashville. Jett sold The Jungle in 1960, after his brother, Leslie E. Jett, was elected sheriff. In 1963, 27 men were arrested for 'disorderly behavior' in a raid at Juanita's. Gay men continued to gather at both bars until 1983, when the block was leveled. In 1910, Horace Greeley Hill, Sr. and wife Mamie began buying land around their West Nashville home Cliff Lawn. After Hill Sr., an entrepreneur and philanthropist, died in 1942, H.G. Hill, Jr. took over the family business and began developing that land into the Hillwood Estates
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800 Second Avenue North 36.171394
Highway 100 at Edwin Warner Park entrance 36.06065
715 Commerce St. 36.160541
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Nashville General Hospital
Houston's Law Office
The Nashville Race Course
Duncan Hotel
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subdivision. The neighborhood included an elementary and high school, both named for Hill, as well as the Hillwood Country Club and Hillwood Presbyterian Church, for which Hill Jr. donated land. Opened on this site February 1890, with a capacity of 60 beds. Doctor Charles Brower of the University of Nashville Medical Department was appointed Superintendent. In 1891 a school of nursing was opened with Miss Charlotte E. Perkins as Superintendent. This was the first training school for nurses between the Ohio River and New Orleans. Sam Houston, a native of Virginia, moved to Nashville in 1818 to study law with Judge James Trimble. Admitted to the bar later that year, Houston practiced in Lebanon, Tenn., before returning to Nashville to serve as District Attorney (1819-21). In 1821, he opened a law office near this site. He was elected a U.S. Congressman (1823-27), Governor of Tenn. (1827- 29), and President of the Republic of Texas (1836-38). The Nashville Race Course, the 'Burns Island Track,' 1828-1884, was .6 of a mile north. Here Oct. 10, 1843, was run the then richest race in the world, the $35,000 Peyton Stakes, 4 mile heats, promoted by Bailie Peyton. The winner owned by Thomas Kirkman, was renamed 'Peytona.' Ten Broeck and Thora also raced here. The Duncan Hotel opened on this site in 1889. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union formed here in 1914, before the hotel closed in 1916. R.H. Boyd, Preston Taylor and others purchased the building and opened the first Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) for Black men. Located in the heart of the African-American business district, it shared the space with Citizens Savings Bank and Trust (formerly One Cent Savings Bank) and other African-American businesses.
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Second Avenue North at the Criminal Justice Center 36.16827
Vantage Way and Great Circle Road near Bush Lake. 36.19313
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Parmer School
Dr. Matthew Walker Sr.
Belmont Church and Loinonia Coffeehouse
Bmi Broadcast Music, Inc.
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In 1927 8.25 acres of the Belle Meade Plantation were acquired from its owner Walter O. Parmer to use for a new school. Parmer School opened that fall as a one-room school with grades 1-3. In 1928 the school was transformed into a modern brick building with 4 classrooms adding grades 4-8. By 1951 there were 18 classrooms. The school closed in 1982 and burned in 1985. The stone and brick archway was left as a reminder of the school's history. The property became a public park in 1986. Matthew Walker was born December 7, 1906 in Waterproof, La. After attending school in New Orleans, he graduated from Meharry Medical College in 1934 and began teaching at Hubbard Hospital. Walker served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery from 1945-73 and was instrumental in securing a 1968 federal grant to start the Meharry Neighborhood Health Center. In 1970 the community-based clinic's name was changed to the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center in his honor. Koinonia (Greek for 'fellowship') Coffeehouse opened in 1973 with artists such as Dogwood, Fireworks and Brown Bannister boldly sharing their faith through contemporary music. It became a destination for 'Jesus Music' artists nationwide as young talent such as Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith shared their first songs. The neighboring Belmont Church helped with overflow crowds, co-hosting early CCM recording artists such as Honeytree, Randy Matthews, Don Francisco and more. BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), an organization that collects performance royalties for songwriters and music publishers in all genres of music, opened its doors in New York in 1940. BMI was the first performance rights organization to represent what was then commonly referred to as rural and race music in the forms of country, gospel, blues, and jazz. In 1958, BMI
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double sided Sponsored by Capital Christian Music Group, Curb|Word Entertainment, and Provident Label Group
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Parmer Park on Leake Avenue, near Lasalle Court 36.103042
1035 14th Ave N 36.170705
1000 16th Ave S 36.146636
10 Music Square East 36.150756
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Votes for Women
Nashville Ymca
Nashville's First Public School
Battle of Nashville Shy's Hill
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established a permanent Nashville office and hired Frances Williams Preston as manager. BMI constructed the first wing of this building in 1964 and expanded it in 1995. This office represents songwriters and music publishers in Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, Muscle Shoals and Austin, and played a key role in developing Nashville as Music City, U.S.A. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thereby giving all American women the right to vote. After weeks of intense lobbying by national leaders, Tennessee passed the measure by one vote. The headquarters for both suffragists, wearing yellow roses, and anti-suffragists, wearing red roses, were in the Hermitage Hotel. On May 18, 1875, members of several Nashville churches gathered at the Christian Church (138 Vine Street) after a religious revival meeting and organized the Nashville Young Men's Christian Association. Its first building, erected in 1886 on Church Street between Cherry and College, was destroyed by a fire in 1894. In 1912, it moved to its new eight-story building on Seventh and Union, which it occupied until 1972 when it moved to its present building, 1000 Church Street. Nashville's first public school, Hume School, opened here Feb. 26, 1855. A three story brick building, the school employed 12 teachers and served all grades. In 1874 high school classes were moved to Fogg School built on adjoining corner lot. Named for educators, Alfred E. Hume & Francis B. Fogg, the schools were replaced by Hume-Fogg in 1912. On this hill was fought the decisive encounter of the Battle of Nashville TRUE December 16, 1864. At 4:15 p.m. a Federal assault at the angle on top of the hill broke the Confederate line. Col. W. M. Shy, 20th Tenn. Inf. was killed and Gen. T. B. Smith was captured. The Confederates retreated
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Marker Project- prioirty list replaced with new text in 2018
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Union Street and Capitol Boulevard 36.164158
1000 Church Street 36.161101
Hume-Fogg High School, 700 Broadway 36.159026
W side of Benton Smith Road, South of Harding Place at bottom of Shy's Hill Trail 36.087691
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-86.782348 POINT (-86.782348 36.164158)
-86.784991 POINT (-86.784991 36.161101)
-86.781722 POINT (-86.781722 36.159026)
-86.807835 POINT (-86.807835 36.087691)
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1 1 34 47 6 637
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1 2005 13 16169
1 2005 13 30406
1 2005 13 30406
5 2005 34 15809
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97 1996
74 1981
119 2004
133 2008
30 1970
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Radnor College
Cardinal Stritch
The Temple Cemetery
Richland-west End
Old Hickory Powder Plant
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over the Overton Hills to the Franklin Pike. Two blocks west, on the hill, stood Radnor, a college for young women. Founded by A.N. Eshman in 1906, it gained national attention for its complimentary educational tours for students. After the school closed in 1914, a printing plant on campus served until 1924 as the Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House. In 1921, a spectacular fire claimed the college's main building. Samuel Stritch, born Aug. 17, 1887, southwest corner Fifth and Madison, entered Assumption School at age 7. Ordained when 22, he sang his first Mass here, was priest in Memphis and Nashville, Bishop of Toledo, Archbishop of Milwaukee, Archbishop of Chicago. Named Cardinal in 1946, he was called to Rome in 1958 to head Catholic missions, thus became first American member of the Roman Curia. The Temple Cemetery was established in 1851 with the purchase of three acres by the Hebrew Benevolent Burial Association and still serves Nashville's first Jewish congregation, The Temple, Congregation Ohabai Sholom. It blends early urban burial ground practices with picturesque elements of later Victorian garden cemeteries. The Temple Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. This early planned subdivision presents a largely unaltered picture of suburban residences in early 20th century Nashville. With ninety percent of existing homes built between 1905 and 1925, the styles range from large American foursquares to the more modest bungalows and cottages. The neighborhood is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Site of the $87,000,000 Old Hickory Powder Plant built and operated in 1918 by the E.I. DuPont deNemours Co., for the United States Government, to make smokeless gunpowder for the Allied Armies in World
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double-sided with #73
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Corner of Nolensville Road and McClellan Street 36.101345
1227 Seventh Ave North 36.175419
Temple Cemetery, 2001 15th Avenue North (inside cemetery) 36.183528
Bowling Avenue at Richland Avenue 36.1358
Swinging Bridge Road and Cinder Road, Old Hickory 36.277097
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-86.740546 POINT (-86.740546 36.101345)
-86.790929 POINT (-86.790929 36.175419)
-86.810322 POINT (-86.810322 36.183528)
-86.825734 POINT (-86.825734 36.1358)
-86.669215 POINT (-86.669215 36.277097)
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5 2005 21 15803
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6 2005 2
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118 2004
101 1997
116 2003
163 2018
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Sunnyside
Nashville's First Radio Station
Tolbert Hollow
Grandale
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Government, to make smokeless gunpowder for the Allied Armies in World War I. By the time of the Armistice Nov. 11, 1918, the plant, 75% complete, was producing 750,000 lbs of powder every 24 hours. Home of Mary Benton, widow of Jesse Benton who left Nashville after a famous feud with Andrew Jackson in 1813. The Greek Revival house was built c.1852 and stood between Union and Confederate lines during the Battle of Nashville in 1864. Prominent dentist L.G. Noel lived here for 45 years. The brick wings were added by Col. Granville Sevier during renovation of the house in the late 1920s. June 1922, Boy Scout John H. DeWitt, Jr., started Nashville's first radio station (WDAA) on the Ward-Belmont Campus. Assisted by music teacher G.S. deLuca, he broadcast Enrico Caruso records to the opening of the River and Rail Terminal on the river at Broad Street. DeWitt was WSM radio station's chief engineer, 1932-1942, and president, 1947-1968. George Tolbert, a farmer, bought 97½ acres here in 1879 that became known as Tolbert Hollow. He was a former slave who, according to family tradition, purchased his own freedom. Tolbert worked 45 acres by 1880 and cut and sold wood with his sons. Land ownership signified true freedom for blacks after the Civil War. Generations of Tolbert's descendants continued to live on his land. Built in the 1830s, rebuilt in 1859, and expanded in 1880, Perry Dale Sr. and Alberta G. Dale purchased this two-story frame house in 1946, naming it GranDale. The one-story wings were added to each side in the 1970s. Between 1972 and 1973, Perry Sr. sold the house and the Dale Foods canning factory (now Cannery Row) to his two sons. The Dale sons sold GranDale in 1983, and in 1997 the house was moved 60 ft. from the original location at 2234 Murfreesboro Pike to save it from demolition.
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replaced #22 Sunnyside
Marker Project-priority list
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Sevier Park 3000 Granny White Pike 36.119859
Belmont University Campus Freeman Hall 36.135886
Tolbert Road, off of Old Hickory Boulevard 36.106301
200 Nashboro Blvd. 36.088169
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-86.790745 POINT (-86.790745 36.119859)
-86.794723 POINT (-86.794723 36.135886)
-86.921666 POINT (-86.921666 36.106301)
-86.646253 POINT (-86.646253 36.088169)
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