Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Transfer Station Site

Photographed by Lugnuts, February 20, 2020

1. Transfer Station Site Marker

Inscription. 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 electric streetcars was February 2, 1941 on Radnor line. Operation of bus systems began Aug. 4, 1940 on Hillsboro-Sunset line.

Erected 1970 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 25.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.

Location. 36° 9.985′ N, 86° 46.758′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Deaderick Street and 3rd Avenue North, on the left when traveling east on Deaderick Street. The marker is not clearly visible from Deaderick Street unless you're intensely looking for it. It is hidden from 3rd Avenue North by shrubbery and is primarily

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visible to pedestrians on the sidewalk along 3rd Avenue North. It is across 3rd Avenue from the Nashville Public Square Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Witness Walls (within shouting distance of this marker); To the Hero’s of 1776-Not Dead! -But living in deeds such lives inspire (within shouting distance of this marker); "Western Harmony" (within shouting distance of this marker); Nashvillians and the Great Depression (within shouting distance of this marker); The First Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas G. Bradford and the Nashville Citizen

Photographed by Lugnuts, February 20, 2020

2. Transfer Station Site Marker

The marker is in a concrete planter along the sidewalk, obscured from 3rd Avenue traffic. You can see the Davidson County Courthouse in the distance.

(about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Poll Tax / 19th Amendment (about 300 feet away); Robert "Black Bob" Renfro (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 476 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 26, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.