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Trousdale Place

 
 
Trousdale Place Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, November 11, 2022
1. Trousdale Place Marker
Inscription. Built by John Bowen prior to 1820 and purchased in 1822 by William Trousdale, Governor of Tennessee, 1849-1851. He fought in the War of 1812, and the Creek, Seminole, and Mexican Wars, and was brevetted brigadier-general by President Polk in 1848. In 1900 the house was given to Clark Chapter No. 13 U.D.C. by Annie Berry Trousdale, wife of William Trousdale’s son, Julius, a Confederate veteran.
 
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3B 35.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #11 James K. Polk, the Tennessee Historical Commission, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.
 
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 36° 23.25′ N, 86° 26.95′ W. Marker was in Gallatin, Tennessee, in Sumner County. It was at the intersection of West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) and South Locust Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 183 W Main St,
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Regionally, this marker was in Middle Tennessee and in Greater Nashville. It was also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 walking distance of this location: A different marker also named Trousdale Place (here, next to this marker); Confederate Soldiers Monument (a few steps from this marker); First Presbyterian Church (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Trousdale Place (within shouting distance of this marker); The Westward Movement (within shouting distance of this marker); Gallatin, Tennessee (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gallatin Founded 1802 (about 400 feet away); Gallatin Public Square (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gallatin.
 
Trousdale Place Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 23, 2013
2. Trousdale Place Marker
Trousdale Place Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 23, 2013
3. Trousdale Place Marker
Missing Trousdale Place Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, March 27, 2025
4. Missing Trousdale Place Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 792 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on March 27, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. Photos:   1. submitted on January 23, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia.   2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.   4. submitted on March 27, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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