On East Main Street east of State Road 135, on the left when traveling east.
( West - Plaque )
Lest We Forget
From its inception in 1836, Brown County has given freely its sons and daughters to serve in the quest for World Peace. Its sacrifices began in 1846 with the Mexican War, and continued through the . . . — — Map (db m63223) WM
On South Van Buren Street (Indiana Route 135) south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
Photographer, artist, and newspaper columnist Frank Hohenberger moved to Nashville in 1917. Through his black and white, large format photographs, he documented the residents, artists, daily life, traditions, and natural beauty of Brown County. . . . — — Map (db m184584) HM
On South Van Buren Street (Indiana Route 135) just south of West Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Frank P. Taggart Building / Miller’s Drug Store, circa 1873, has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior. — — Map (db m206745) HM
On Jefferson Street North at West Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Jefferson Street North.
Attracted by the area’s natural beauty and its residents’ rustic lifestyles, a group of professional artists began working in Brown County by 1908. The Brown County Art Colony gained renown as its members exhibited regularly, first in the . . . — — Map (db m206708) HM
On East Main Street at South Van Buren Street (Indiana Route 135) on East Main Street.
Ever since the year 1867, a public hostelry of one form or another has occupied this corner. It served the logging industry for many years & later became a gathering place for artists. In recent years it has become the cornerstone of the tourist . . . — — Map (db m206747) HM
On West Main Street at South Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
The pump and pump house were reconstructed in 2017 courtesy of the Rotary Club of Brown County.
Prior to 1949, several pumps were in use around Nashville to provide water for families who were without a well on their property, and . . . — — Map (db m206742) HM
Near Abe Martin Lodge Road east of Brown County State Park Road, on the right when traveling east.
Cartoonist and journalist Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard 1868-1930) was born in Ohio. He worked for the Indianapolis News by 1891, mainly as a political caricaturist. He created Abe Martin, his popular folksy and witty cartoon character, in 1904. . . . — — Map (db m244858) HM
Near Abe Martin Lodge Road, 2 miles south of Indiana Road 46, on the right when traveling north.
The name of the lodge and its cabins comes from a time when the rugged hills of Brown County were the backdrop for homespun humor.
Rustic cabins provided the first lodging at Brown County State Park. Visitors bought their groceries at a . . . — — Map (db m244859) HM