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Harriman in Roane County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Harriman: Utopia of Temperance

 
 
Harriman: Utopia of Temperance Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020
1. Harriman: Utopia of Temperance Marker
Inscription. Incorporated in 1891, this was to be an ideal industrial city, an object lesson for thrift, sobriety, superior intelligence and exalted moral character, where workers would be uncorrupted by Demon Rum. Named for Union General Walter Harriman, former governor of New Hampshire. Leader of movement was Union General Clinton B. Fisk, founder of Fisk University and Prohibition candidate for President in 1888.
 
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1F 27.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the Tennessee Historical Commission series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.
 
Location. 35° 56.05′ N, 84° 33.101′ W. Marker is in Harriman, Tennessee, in Roane County. Marker is at the intersection of North Roane Street (U.S. 27) and Walden Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Roane Street. Marker is located in front of Harriman City Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 609 North Roane Street, Harriman TN 37748, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Robert King Byrd (approx. ¼ mile away); Dixie Lee (approx. 1.1 miles away); Southwest Point
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(approx. 4.4 miles away); Capitol for a Day (approx. 4.7 miles away); Roane County Revolutionary War Monument (approx. 4.7 miles away); Kingston (approx. 4.7 miles away); For the Union (approx. 4.7 miles away); Roane County War of 1812 Memorial (approx. 4.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harriman.
 
Harriman: Utopia of Temperance Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020
2. Harriman: Utopia of Temperance Marker
Marker is in front of Harriman City Hall, built in 1890 as Temperance University and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Harriman City Hall image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020
3. Harriman City Hall
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 21, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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