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Jackson in Madison County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Historic Bemis

 
 
Historic Bemis Marker-Side 1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, April 21, 2014
1. Historic Bemis Marker-Side 1
Inscription.
Side 1
Founded in 1900 by Judson Moss Bemis, president of Bemis Brothers Bag Company. Bemis was a cotton mill town, planned by Albert Farwell Bemis and renowned architects Andrew Hepburn and Arthur Shurcliff. A self-contained town, Bemis consisted of a four-story mill, worker housing, church, auditorium-theater, schools, company store, YMCA, public bath house, park, post office, and other commercial facilities.

Side 2
In the 1940s, Bemis' population was approximately 4,000. In June 1968, the company began selling houses. The City of Jackson annexed Bemis on December 29, 1977. Three years later the Bemis Company sold the mill. Bemis ceased being a cotton mill town when the mill closed on August 1, 1991. On December 16, 1991, Bemis was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
 
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 4D 55.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceSettlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1968.
 
Location. 35° 34.5′ N, 88° 48.9′ W. Marker is in Jackson, Tennessee, in Madison County. Marker is at the intersection

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of Bemis Lane and South Highland Avenue on Bemis Lane. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jackson TN 38301, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Bemis United Methodist Church (approx. half a mile away); Bemis United Methodist Parsonage (approx. 0.6 miles away); Austin Raymond Merry (approx. 1.9 miles away); John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson (approx. 2 miles away); The Electro Chalybeate Well (approx. 2.1 miles away); Jackson Spoke Here (approx. 2.1 miles away); Mabel Louise "Big Maybelle" Smith (approx. 2.3 miles away); Mother Liberty CME Church (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jackson.
 
Historic Bemis Marker-Side 2 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, April 21, 2014
2. Historic Bemis Marker-Side 2
Historic Bemis-distant shot image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, April 21, 2014
3. Historic Bemis-distant shot
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 556 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on April 8, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 27, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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