North Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Buena Vista Park
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay
1. Buena Vista Park Marker
Inscription.
Buena Vista Park. . This park and the nearby community are named for the Buena Vista Springs, located on this site. This natural resource, which continues to flow, was developed into a popular mineral water spa by the Buena Vista Springs Company in the late 19th century. In 1934, the Nashville Park Board purchased the land from the company and began development of a new park and recreational facilities. A two hundred-man encampment of the Tennessee Transient Bureau and, later, the Works Progress Administration developed the park over a period of years during the Great Depression. Remnants of stone work from this era are still evident ringing the hill near Hull-Jackson Montessori School. The park was leased to the U.S. Army during World War II for special field maneuvers. , In the early 1970s, the size of the park was increased to 76.8 acres through a land exchange with the developers of the MetroCenter complex. In 1976, the city dedicated the Z. Alexander Looby Library, Community Center, and Theater. Mr. Looby, an African American lawyer and businessman, provided key leadership during the Civil Rights Movement for equal rights for all in Nashville and statewide. The swimming pool was added in 1979. In 1994, the Park Board granted permission for Metro Nashville Public Schools to locate two new schools on the site. Hull-Jackson Montessori School was completed on the north side of the springs in 1997, and John Early Middle School was built in 2007 on the south end of the property. The site improvements made in 2010 are the result of federal funds administered through the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency in collaboration with the Cass Street Neighborhood Citizens Advisory Committee.
This park and the nearby community are named for the
Buena Vista Springs, located on this site. This natural
resource, which continues to flow, was developed into a
popular mineral water spa by the Buena Vista Springs
Company in the late 19th century. In 1934, the
Nashville Park Board purchased the land from the
company and began development of a new park and
recreational facilities. A two hundred-man encampment
of the Tennessee Transient Bureau and, later, the Works
Progress Administration developed the park over a
period of years during the Great Depression. Remnants
of stone work from this era are still evident ringing the
hill near Hull-Jackson Montessori School. The park was
leased to the U.S. Army during World War II for special
field maneuvers.
In the early 1970s, the size of the park was increased to
76.8 acres through a land exchange with the developers
of the MetroCenter complex. In 1976, the city dedicated
the Z. Alexander Looby Library, Community Center,
and Theater. Mr. Looby, an African American lawyer
and businessman, provided key leadership during the
Civil Rights Movement for equal
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rights for all in
Nashville and statewide. The swimming pool was added
in 1979. In 1994, the Park Board granted permission for
Metro Nashville Public Schools to locate two new schools
on the site. Hull-Jackson Montessori School was
completed on the north side of the springs in 1997, and
John Early Middle School was built in 2007 on the south
end of the property. The site improvements made in
2010 are the result of federal funds administered
through the Metropolitan Development & Housing
Agency in collaboration with the Cass Street
Neighborhood Citizens Advisory Committee.
Location. 36° 11.342′ N, 86° 48.332′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in North Nashville. It is on 10th Avenue North, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37208, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee. It is also in the American South and
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 11, 2022
2. Buena Vista Park Marker
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.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 909 times since then and 86 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
