Jellico in Campbell County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Grace Moore

1898 - 1947

Photographed by Dave W, June 8, 2024

1. Grace Moore Marker

Inscription.

Grace Moore, an internationally acclaimed Metropolitan Opera soprano, Broadway actress, and motion picture star, spent most of her childhood in a home located on this site. In 1923 and 1925, she starred in Irving Berlin's Music Box Revue on Broadway. Three years later, Moore made her Metropolitan debut in Puccini's La Boheme. In 1934 her movie, One Night of Love, brought grand opera to the motion picture screen.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1D 38.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.

Location. 36° 35.245′ N, 84° 7.531′ W. Marker is in Jellico, Tennessee, in Campbell County. It is on 5th Street east of Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 268 5th St, Jellico TN 37762, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee

and in the Cumberland Plateau.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North

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America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tramell Building (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); James (Jim) Tidwell, Jr. (about 500 feet away); Jellico Area Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Grace Moore (about 700 feet away); Kirby Smith Invades Kentucky (approx. 0.2 miles away); Tennessee - Campbell County / Kentucky (approx. ¼ mile away); Conflict in Campbell County (approx. 0.9 miles away); Tennessee Civil War Trails (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jellico.

Photographed by Dave W, June 8, 2024

2. Grace Moore Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2024, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 233 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 12, 2024, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.