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

Alexander Little Page Green

(1806-1874)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 5, 2020

1. Alexander Little Page Green Marker

Inscription. In 1829, The Rev. Alex Green joined the Methodist Episcopal Church's Nashville Conference. Elected vice-president of the TN Conference's Temperance Society in 1835, Green was instrumental in the Southern Methodist Publishing House's move to Nashville in 1854, and helped establish Shelby Medical College (1857) and Vanderbilt University (1875). By private venture, he opened Union St. from College St. to Market St. c. 1870. This area's first school was renamed Alex Green Academy in 1887.

Erected 2018 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 169.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Education • Religion & Religious Structures • 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 1806.

Location. 36° 15.222′ N, 86° 49.807′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Whites Creek. It is on Whites Creek Pike (U.S. 431) 0.1 miles north of Lloyd

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Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4015 Whites Creek Pike, Whites Creek TN 37189, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: White’s Creek and the War (approx. 0.2 miles away); The James Gang (approx. ¾ mile away); Captain Alexander "Devil Alex" Ewing (approx. 1.4 miles away); Frederick Stump (approx. 1½ miles away); Enchanted Hills (approx. 3½ miles away); Hyde's Ferry Turnpike (approx. 3.6 miles away); The Gold Coast (approx. 3.8 miles away); Haynes High School (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 5, 2020

2. Alexander Little Page Green Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 824 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.