Clifton in Wayne County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
The Stribling House Museum
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, March 13, 2012
1. The Stribling House Marker
Author
1933 Pulitzer Prize
Winner
1881 - 1965
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1933.
Location. 35° 23.238′ N, 87° 59.511′ W. Marker is in Clifton, Tennessee, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of East Water Street (Tennessee Route 128) and Cedar Street, on the right when traveling east on East Water Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 E Water St, Clifton TN 38425, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Here the Command of Bedford Forrest Crossed the River (approx. 0.2 miles away); Forrest Crosses Tennessee River (approx. 0.2 miles away); Clifton Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Clifton (approx. Ό mile away); Hughes House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Evans Chapel United Methodist Church (approx. 3.1 miles away); Forrest's Raid (approx. 6 miles away); Dr. B.M. Brooks House (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clifton.
Also see . . .
1. A book review by Richard Moore. A review of "T. S. Stribling: A Life of the Tennessee Novelist" by Kenneth W. Vickers (Submitted on March 16, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.)
2. Thomas Sigismund Stribling.
this page online
Additional commentary.
1. Clifton Public Library
The front part of the house is now part of the Wayne County Library. There are two rooms downstairs and all of the upstairs full of T.S. Stribling belongings.
— Submitted March 15, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, March 13, 2012
2. The Stribling House Marker
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, March 13, 2012
3. Stribling Typewriter
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, March 13, 2012
4. T.S. Stribling's Camera Equipment and wife
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, March 13, 2012
5. T.S. Stribling Books
Rope, the Store, How to find stuff, Laughing stock, Unfinished Cathederal, Clues of the Caribbeans, The Forge
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, March 13, 2012
6. T.S. Stribling These Bars of Flesh Book Cover
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, March 13, 2012
7. News paper article about T.S. Stribling
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 856 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on March 15, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
