Historical Markers Number Year Erected 6 1968 90 1992 168 2018 19 1969 29 1970 Page 1 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers Marker Name Battle of Nashville Stewart's Line University School of Nashville May-granbery House and Alford Cemetery Meharry Medical College Madison College Page 2 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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 Page 3 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers Notes Council District 4 replaced 2012 Page 4 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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 Page 5 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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) Page 6 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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 Page 7 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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 Page 8 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 62 1976 126 2008 183 2018 212 Page 9 of 424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers Newsom's Mill Battle of Nashville (december 16, 1864) Assault on the Barricade Kenner Manor Historic District Betty Chiles Nixon Page 10 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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 Page 11 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers Donated by Richland Country Club Page 12 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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 Page 13 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers -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) Page 14 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 1 2 35 32 5 397 1 2 34 47 6 1 1 10 5 6 74 1 1 18 36 6 Page 15 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 8 2005 35 16173 5 2005 34 24382 8 2005 22 30816 5 2005 11 15804 Page 16 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 115 2003 202 2019 196 2019 135 2009 Page 17 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers Ezell House Contemporary Christian Music Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Bank The Seeing Eye Independence and Dignity Since 1929 Page 18 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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. Page 19 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers replaced in 2017 double sided Sponsored by Capital Christian Music Group, Curb|Word Entertainment, and Provident Label Group Marker Project- prioirty list double sided Page 20 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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 Page 21 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers -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) Page 22 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 1 1 22 22 9 1 1 20 36 7 1 1 20 29 7 1 1 20 29 7 Page 23 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 7 2005 26 16166 5 2005 13 15804 1 2005 13 30396 1 2005 13 30396 Page 24 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 68 1976 132 2008 138 2010 200 2019 148 2013 Page 25 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers Edmondson Home Site Dry-stack Stone Walls Hill Forest Girl Scouts of Middle Tenneesee Cohn School Page 26 of424 09/30/2021 Historical Markers 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.