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

Site of Original Gas Works

By Don Morfe, April 18, 2014

1. Site of Original Gas Works Marker

Inscription. The Nashville Gas Light Co., founded Mar. 1850, with General Washington Barrow, President, built first gas works in Tennessee for manufacturing gas from coal. First street lamp was lighted Feb. 13, 1851 at Second Ave. North and Public Square. Natural gas piped from Texas was first used in Nashville on August 5, 1946.

Erected 1978 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number No. 39.)

Location. 36° 10.278′ N, 86° 46.848′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. Marker is on 2nd Avenue North. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37201, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. An Urban Greenway (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tomb of James Knox Polk (approx. 0.4 miles away); Holy Rosary Cathedral (approx. 0.4 miles away); Andrew Jackson (approx. 0.4 miles away); Founding of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (approx. 0.4 miles away); Alvin C. York (approx. 0.4 miles away); Andrew Johnson (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jacques Timothe Boucher de Montbrun (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Categories. • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce •

By Don Morfe, April 18, 2014

2. Site of Original Gas Works Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on June 11, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 388 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 11, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.