On Indiana Route 135 north of Indiana Route 45, on the right when traveling north.
The Brown County Jamboree began
informally in Bean Blossom as a free
outdoor show featuring local musicians.
Gradually commercialized and
professionally promoted, the Jamboree
drew large crowds by 1941, including
attendees from other . . . — — Map (db m206706) HM
On State Road 46 at T C Steele Road, on the right when traveling east on State Road 46. Reported missing.
Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926) lived and painted south of here, 1907-1926. Member of Hoosier Group of American impressionists, his landscape paintings captured picturesque panoramas characteristic of area. Property is State Historic Site; . . . — — Map (db m242256) HM
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