City Center in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Site of Crutchfield House
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
1. Site of Crutchfield House Marker
Used as Hospital, September 20, 1863.
Accommodated 500 wounded that day.
(Marker Number MT-62D.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is September 20, 1821.
Location. 35° 2.766′ N, 85° 18.641′ W. Marker is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It is in City Center. Marker can be reached from Broad Street north of West Martin Luther King Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. This marker is located in downtown Chattanooga and is affixed to an outer wall of the Read House Hotel, by the north entrance, next to the Valet Parking station. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chattanooga TN 37402, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Crutchfield House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Union Depot (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Military History of Chattanooga (about 500 feet away); William "Uncle Bill" Lewis (approx. 0.2 miles away); William (Uncle Bill) Lewis (approx. 0.2 miles away); Central Block Building / Site of First Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Coca-Cola Bottling Company In The United States
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More about this marker. This marker is part of a series of Civil War related markers, that was put up in the city of Chattanooga in the post Civil War era. A number of the original markers that were a part of this series no longer exist, and to date I have only been able to locate about a dozen of these markers, including this one.
I am assuming that like most of the other markers of this particular series, that the original building that this marker was attached to is now gone and that the marker was preserved by being attached to the structure built on top of the site of the original building. I am also of the belief that this marker, like the other markers in this series, was originally an outdoor maker.
Presently the maker is located on the outside of the building entrance, but is in an area that is covered by a structure built to serve as a parking garage. Because I could not get a GPS reading next to the marker, the co-ordinates that I provided were taken from just outside of the Broad Street entrance to the parking structure.
Regarding Site of Crutchfield House.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
2. Site of Crutchfield House Marker
According to a newspaper article published in the Chattanooga Times on, December 1, 1893, there was a committee appointed from the chamber of commerce to identify historical points in connection with the occupancy of Chattanooga by federal and Confederate troops. These points were to later be marked by a bronze tablet bearing a description of the event which transpired at that point. According to a Battlefield Guide, published in 1897 by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, “For the 20th reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, September 18-20, 1889, the publisher of the Guide compiled the following list of historical points, which list, has since been revised and bronze tablets placed on or near the sites by the Government.” So it would appear that it was sometime between late 1893 and 1897 that these tablets were erected, by the government.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. A list of the tablets placed throughout the city of Chattanooga, in the mid-1890s, that identify historical points in connection with the occupancy of
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
3. Site of Crutchfield House Marker
View of the marker, affixed to the wall, just to the left of the north entrance, to the Read House Hotel.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
4. Site of Crutchfield House Marker
View of the marker, the north hotel entrance, and the hotel valet parking station.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
5. Site of Crutchfield House Marker
View of the Broad Street entrance to the Read House Hotel and the parking structure, where I took my GPS reading.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 12, 2015
6. Site of Crutchfield House Marker
View of the Broad Street entrance to the Read House Hotel, looking south along Broad Street.
Photographed By Dale K. Benington, July 12, 2017
7. Site of Crutchfield House Marker
View of page 62D from the National Park Service’s record book on the Chattanooga - Chickamauga ”MT-numbered” listings of classified structures, which is kept in the Chickamauga Battlefield Park's Visitor Center.
Image courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library.
8. Tablet Related Newspaper Article
View of a tablet related newspaper article published in the Chattanooga Times on, December 1, 1893.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2015, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 506 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 16, 2015, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 7. submitted on July 20, 2017, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 8. submitted on August 25, 2018, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.
