Parkway in Goodlettsville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Patsy Cline's Dream House

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 11, 2022

1. Patsy Cline's Dream House Marker

Inscription. 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.

Erected 2013 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 185.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Women. 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 1932.

Location. 36° 16.871′ N, 86° 44.168′ W. Marker is in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Parkway. It is on Nella Drive 0.1 miles west of Green Acres Drive, on the left when traveling west.

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Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 815 Nella Drive, Goodlettsville TN 37072, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Bethel Baptist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hank Snow’s Rainbow Ranch (approx. 1½ miles away); Amqui Station (approx. 1.9 miles away); Smith-Carter House (approx. 2.2 miles away); Mrs. John Donelson (approx. 2.3 miles away); Peter Bashaw (approx. 2.4 miles away); Robert Cartwright (approx. 2.6 miles away); Address by President Lincoln at the Dedication of The Gettysburg National Cemetery (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Goodlettsville.

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Photographed by Duane Marsteller, March 1, 2020

2. Patsy Cline's Dream House Marker

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Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,664 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 11, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 2. submitted on March 1, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.