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14 Monroe Avenue

A Tennessee Bicentennial Project, 1996

 
 
14 Monroe Avenue Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Austin
1. 14 Monroe Avenue Marker
Inscription.
Businesses which have operated at this site
14 Monroe Avenue
Lexington Gun and Trade • National Store • U-Tote-Em Grocery • Brown Brothers Hardware • Dr. Chapin Store & Office
 
Erected 1996 by Henderson County Bicentennial Committee.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceScience & Medicine.
 
Location. 35° 38.994′ N, 88° 23.595′ W. Marker is in Lexington, Tennessee, in Henderson County. It is on Monroe Street just south of Church Street (U.S. 412), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14 Monroe St, Lexington TN 38351, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West 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.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 22 Monroe Avenue (a few steps from this marker); 24 Monroe Avenue (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 26 Monroe Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); Main Street & Monroe Ave (within shouting distance of this marker); 38 South Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); 40 South Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); 42 South Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.
 
14 Monroe Avenue Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Austin
2. 14 Monroe Avenue Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2021, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 236 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 28, 2021, by David Austin of Scotts Hill, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 16, 2026