Pulaski in Giles County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Sam Davis Avenue Historic District

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 11, 2015

1. Sam Davis Avenue Historic District Marker

Inscription. Tracing the original eastern city boundary and the Congressional Reservation Line once dividing white and Indian territory, Sam Davis Avenue is named for a Confederate hero hanged by Federals on this hill in 1863. The Historical District, placed on the National Register in 1989, contains outstanding architecture of the 1860~1910 period.

Erected 1989 by Erected by the Giles County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.

Location. 35° 11.768′ N, 87° 1.671′ W. Marker is in Pulaski, Tennessee, in Giles County. It is at the intersection of S. Sam Davis Avenue and Highland Avenue, on the left when traveling north on S. Sam Davis Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 134 S Sam Davis Avenue, Pulaski TN 38478, 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 walking distance of this marker: Giles County High School Ironwork (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Adams (about 300 feet away); Trail of Tears (about 400 feet away); Giles County Courthouses (about 500 feet away); Count Casimir Pulaski (1747-1779) (about 500 feet away); Establishment of Pulaski / Giles County

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(about 500 feet away); Native Americans in Giles County (about 500 feet away); Nunahi-Duna-Dlo-Hily-I (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pulaski.

Also see . . . Sam Davis Museum, Hanging Site. Roadside America's page on the Sam Davis hanging site: ...Sam Davis probably didn't love Pulaski, but the town posthumously loved him as a symbol of Southern valor and loyalty. An engraved marble block was placed on his hanging spot, and eventually replaced by the mausoleum-like Sam Davis Memorial Museum, which opened 87 years to the minute after his execution. The block, still on the same spot, is now inside the museum, as are the leg shackles Davis wore to the gallows. … (Submitted on August 14, 2015.)

The Sam Davis Memorial Museum where Sam Davis was hanged image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 11, 2015

2. The Sam Davis Memorial Museum where Sam Davis was hanged

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 11, 2015

3. Sam Davis

Had I a thousand lives to live Had I a thousand lives to give I'd give them Nay I'd gladly die Before I'd live one Life a Lie

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 11, 2015

4. Sam Davis

Born October 6, 1842 near Smyra Rutherford County TN though a Confederate Soldier in the line of duty he was executed as a spy, by the Federals at Pulaski, November 27, 1863

Butler Bain Cottage 1900 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 11, 2015

5. Butler Bain Cottage 1900

Patterson Edwards House 1890 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, August 11, 2015

6. Patterson Edwards House 1890

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2015, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 706 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 13, 2015, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.