Monteagle Assembly in Grundy County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
The Dawn Redwood of Monteagle
— Tennessee Landmark and Historic Trees —
Photographed By Steve Masler, August 18, 2023
1. The Dawn Redwood of Monteagle Marker
Native Tennessean Andrew Lytle, a literary giant who helped form the famous Agrarian writers and once nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, lived in his ancestral log home here in Monteagle and taught for both the University of the South and Vanderbilt University. In later years he became the founding member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
In 1964 Lytle planted these trees in memory of his wife, Edna Baker Lytle.
Erected 2006 by Landmark and Historic Tree Register.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Environment • Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1947.
Location. 35° 14.761′ N, 85° 50.184′ W. Marker is in Monteagle, Tennessee, in Grundy
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Amphitheater (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Monteagle Sunday School Assembly (approx. 0.4 miles away); Grundy County / Marion County (approx. half a mile away); Trail of Tears (approx. 0.6 miles away); RyeMabee 1930 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Crossroads of War (approx. 0.7 miles away); Tullahoma Campaign (approx. 1.2 miles away); Struggling Through the Mountains (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monteagle.
Also see . . .
1. Lyle Andrew Nelson. In the Tennessee Encyclopedia
Eventually, most of the Vanderbilt figures moved North. But Lytle stayed in the South. Living mainly in his ancestral log house in Monteagle, Lytle taught at the University of the South and edited the oldest continuously published literary quarterly in the country, The Sewanee Review, which he helped turn into a showcase for the old Confederacy's best writers–a group including Warren, Tate, Caroline Gordon, Flannery O'Connor, Peter Taylor, Katherine Anne Porter, and Cleanth Brooks–at the pinnacle of the Southern Renaissance.(Submitted on August 20, 2023, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee.)
2. Andrew Lytle Dawn Redwoods.
Native Tennessean Andrew Lytle, a literary giant who helped form the famous Southern Agrarian Writers, lived in his ancestral log home in Monteagle and taught for both the University of the South and Vanderbilt University. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for his book The Velvet Horn.(Submitted on August 20, 2023, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee.)
In 1964 Lytle planted the dawn redwoods in memory of his wife, Edna Barker Lytle, in front of the Harton Dining Hall on the MSSA grounds. The trees have become a living tribute.
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