Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Luke Lea Heights

5 miles ahead on Scenic Drive

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 23, 2025

1. Luke Lea Heights Marker

Inscription. Luke Lea (1879-1945) envisioned this park, gave to the city in 1927 the original 868 acres, and asked that the land be named for his father-in-law, Percy Warner. Founder of the Nashville Tennessean, Lea was a key developer of Belle Meade, a U.S. senator, organizer and colonel of the 114th Field Artillery, WWI. To honor him the Park Board named a high hill and overlook Lea Heights.

Erected 1990 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 86.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1927.

Location. 36° 4.917′ N, 86° 52.067′ W. Memorial is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is on Belle Meade Boulevard at Warner Park Entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37221, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee.

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: In Memory of Colonel Luke Lea (within shouting distance of this marker); Percy Warner Park (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Warner Parks (about

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