Portland in Sumner County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Old Fountain Head Meeting House

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 23, 2023

1. Old Fountain Head Meeting House Marker

Inscription. Near this spot stood Old Fountain Head Meeting House of the Methodist Episcopal Church. here the Tennessee Conference held its first session in 1812. Bishops Asbury and KcKendree presided.

Near here Bishop McKendree lived and was buried. Later his body was moved to the Vanderbilt University campus.

Erected August 15, 1942

Erected 1942.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 36° 33.824′ N, 86° 28.975′ W. Marker is in Portland, Tennessee, in Sumner County. It can be reached from Old Fountain Head Cemetary Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 138 Old Fountain Head Cemetary Rd, Portland TN 37148, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Origins of Portland Masonic Lodge #326 (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Parker's Chapel (approx. one mile away); Bishop William McKendree (approx. 1½ miles away); Fountain Head (approx. 1.7 miles away); "Freedom: Bought with their lives" (approx. 1.9 miles away); In Honor and Remembrance

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(approx. 1.9 miles away); In Memory of Our Brave Men and Women (approx. 1.9 miles away); Historic Cold Springs (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portland.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 23, 2023

2. Old Fountain Head Meeting House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 449 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 23, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.