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Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers Numbe Civil War Year Erected Marker Text r Site? 6 1968 Loring's division of Stewart's Corps, Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee, fought behind this TRUE 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. 90 1992 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. 168 2018 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. 19 1969 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. 29 1970 Madison College was founded in 1904 as Nashville Agricultural Normal Institute by Seventh-day Adventists on a farm of 412 acres. A sanitarium 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. 62 1976 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 Page 1 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers Notes Location 4618 Lealand Lane 2000 Edgehill Avenue Council District 4 621 Hill Road replaced 2012 Meharry Medical College, D.B. Todd Boulvard entrance Hospital Drive off of Neely's Bend Road, Madison Charlotte Pike (Hwy 70), between Buffalo Road and Huntwick Page 2 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers Longitud Latitude e 36.086311 -86.791167 36.14399 -86.798228 36.047802 -86.754991 36.16677 -86.805937 36.250539 -86.683834 36.0917 -86.986567 Page 3 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers Nashville. 126 2008 During the retreat from Nashville, Colonel Edmund Rucker's brigade attempted to block the Union TRUE 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. 183 2018 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. 212 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 the setting for her campaigns and community activism. 115 2003 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. 202 2019 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. Page 4 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers Donated by Richland Country Club Granny White Pike at Richland Country Club Kenner Ave. at Woodmont Cir. 1607 18th Avenue South replaced in 2017 Corner of Old Ezell Road and Donelson Pike/Harding Place 652 Old Ezell Road double sided Sponsored by Capital Christian Music Group, 1000 16th Ave S Curb|Word Entertainment, and Provident Label Group Page 5 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers 36.050964 -86.816416 36.119153 -86.840325 36.138601 -86.796764 36.098286 -86.677242 36.146636 -86.792464 Page 6 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers community. 196 2019 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. 135 2009 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. 68 1976 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. 132 2008 Dry-stack stone walls, a Scots-Irish building tradition adapted by slaves in the early 19th century, TRUE 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. 138 2010 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. 200 2019 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 Page 7 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers Marker Project- prioirty list double sided 330 Dr. M.L.K. Jr. Blvd. Union Street at Third Avenue North Fourteenth Avenue South, north of Wade Avenue 4708 Granny White Pike 6811 Highway 70 South Council District 34 double sided 4522 Granny White Pike Page 8 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers 36.166414 -86.780457 36.165579 -86.778611 36.137383 -86.790549 36.085384 -86.804379 36.079758 -86.903032 36.089473 -86.802738 Page 9 of 129 10/02/2021 Historic Markers (Legacy Map) Based on Historical Markers 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. 148 2013 Designed by architects Asmus and Clark and opened in 1928 as a junior 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.