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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Davidson County, Tennessee
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| On Hampton Avenue west of 23rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | E. L. Hampton's pasture became “Hampton Field” when transient airplanes began landing here during the first World War. About 2,000 feet long from here west, bounded north and south by Golf Club Lane and Woodmont Boulevard, it continued . . . — — Map (db m53379) HM |
| On Broadway 0.1 miles east of 7th Avenue South, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Organized in 1820, this is the church's third downtown location. The elaborate Gothic tower is all that remains of the Matthews & Thompson building that stood at this location from 1886 to 1967. The Baptist Sunday School Board, now one of the . . . — — Map (db m24141) HM |
| On Main Street just east of North 6th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Founded in 1866 under the direction of Rev. Randall B. Vandavall, First Baptist Church East Nashville built this Classical Revival building between 1928 and 1931, during the height of Rev. W.S. Ellingson's career. Nashville artist Francis Euphemia . . . — — Map (db m145790) HM |
| On Gay Street Connector 0.1 miles south of 1st Avenue North, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Below, built into the steep bank of the Cumberland River, is a 52-foot-tall stone structure. It is the western abutment of the first bridge over the Cumberland River. Built in 1823 by the Nashville Bridge Company, it was a three-span wooden truss . . . — — Map (db m147752) HM |
| On Dr. DB Todd Jr Boulevard at Knowles Street, on the right when traveling south on Dr. DB Todd Jr Boulevard. |
| | In July 1932, the Rev. Wayman R. Horton organized the First Independent African Methodist Community Church. Instrumental in the Nashville Civil Rights Movement, the church's name was officially changed to First Community Church in 1966. The Rev. . . . — — Map (db m160112) HM |
| On Church Street 0.1 miles west of 4th Avenue North, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Across the alley stood the first Masonic Hall in the state, designed by architect Hugh Roland in 1818. Marquis de la Fayette was entertained there in 1825 by Past Grand Master Andrew Jackson. The 17th General Assembly of Tennessee met there in 1827. . . . — — Map (db m81437) HM |
| On McMillin Street south of Charlotte Avenue (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This corner was part of the original prison ground for the first Tennessee State Penitentiary. The prison stood on 10 acres between Church Street and Cedar Street, now Charlotte Avenue, from 15th Avenue westward. The prison opened on January 1, . . . — — Map (db m151598) HM |
| | On Dec. 13, 1850, the first steam engine, Tennessee No. 1, ordered by the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, arrived on the steamboat "Beauty" from Cincinnati. The one-mile trip on improvised tracks from the wharf to the S. Cherry St. crossing . . . — — Map (db m74361) HM |
| On 17th Avenue North north of Meharry Boulevard, in the median. |
| | In 1871 Fisk University, established for emancipated African Americans in 1866, faced closure due to financial exigency. George Leonard White, the school's treasurer and music teacher. organized a small choral group composed of student singers, . . . — — Map (db m151700) HM |
| On 17th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Fisk Memorial Chapel, deigned by New York architect William Bigelow, was erected in 1892 in memory of General Clinton B. Fisk, a founder of the University. The religious and cultural center of the campus, the Chapel has welcomed foreign dignitaries, . . . — — Map (db m4268) HM |
| On Dr. D. B. Todd, Jr. Blvd. at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north on Dr. D. B. Todd, Jr. Blvd.. |
| | Fisk University, founded in 1866 by the American Missionary Association, was chartered in 1867 to provide higher education for men and women regardless of race. Named for General Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau for . . . — — Map (db m4510) HM |
| Near 1st Avenue North 0.1 miles south of Church Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Named in memory of General Nash of North Carolina, who fell at Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1777, in the War of the Revolution.
Erected on the bluff near this location by the pioneers of the Cumberland settlement in the year 1780, as a . . . — — Map (db m24303) HM |
| On 1st Avenue North 0.1 miles south of Church Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The original stockade fronted on the river slightly north of here, covering an area of about two acres. In that enclosure, on May 13, 1780, representatives of this and other settlements met and adopted the Cumberland Compact for the government of . . . — — Map (db m81452) HM |
| On Fort Negley Boulevard north of Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman’s supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman’s “March to the Sea,” Hood . . . — — Map (db m74349) HM |
| On Ft. Negley Boulevard 0 miles north of Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The guns of Fort Negley, commanding three turnpikes to the South & Southeast, opened the Battle of Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864. This site was selected by Capt. J. S. Morton as the key strongpoint in the Federal line around the city. The European style . . . — — Map (db m30054) HM |
| | To commemorate its founding on April 11, 1917, Altrusa International, Inc. planted seventy-five flowering dogwood trees on this site as a 75th anniversary gift to the people of Nashville and the state of Tennessee. — — Map (db m85483) HM |
| On 1st Avenue North at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on 1st Avenue North. |
| | On Monday, April 24, 1780, two pioneers, James Robertson and John Donelson, shook hands upon the completion of a reunion at the site on which you now stand.
Each man, one by land, the other by water, played out his part in a two-fold plan for a new . . . — — Map (db m81453) HM |
| | United Daughters of the Confederacy
10 September 1894 10 September 1969
This memorial commemorates
the seventy-fifth anniversary of
the foundation of
The United Daughters of the Confederacy
by
Caroline Meriwether Goodlett
in . . . — — Map (db m85486) HM WM |
| On 4th Avenue North at Church Street, on the left when traveling south on 4th Avenue North. |
| | Once Cherry and Spring Street, later Cherry and Church, is rich in Nashville history. Near here, April 2, 1781, Charlotte Reeves Robertson, wife of Colonel James Robertson, turned the pioneers' dogs loose on raiding Indians during the "Battle of the . . . — — Map (db m24140) HM |
| On Buena Vista Pike south of Briley Parkway (Tennessee Highway 155), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Frederick Stump was born in Lancaster Co., Pa. He married Ana c. 1757, Ann Snavely c. 1766, and Catherine Gingery in 1816. He had at least 8 children. In 1761 he founded Stumpstown, Pa. In 1768 he was jailed in Carlisle, Pa. for killing several . . . — — Map (db m154907) HM |
| On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 4th Avenue North, on the right when traveling east on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. |
| | Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Bank. In March 1865, Congress established the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Bank. A Nashville branch was chartered in Dec. 1865. By 1867, there were 37 branches, mostly in the South. Liberty Hall was . . . — — Map (db m145781) HM |
| On 8th Avenue North (U.S. 41), in the median. |
| | On this site stood one of the principal stations of the Cumberland Settlements. Felix Robertson, son of Col. James Robertson and the first white child born in the Settlement, was born here, Jan. 11, 1781. On Jan. 15 the fort was heavily attacked by . . . — — Map (db m4131) HM |
| Near 4th Avenue S. at Oak Street. |
| |
1794-1835
Jackson County attorney;
aide-de-camp, General Carroll,
at New Orleans, 1815;
State Senator, 1827-29;
Bank Commissioner, 1829;
Secretary of State
for Tennessee, 1831-35.
His motto: Office has no
charms to . . . — — Map (db m89318) HM |
| On Elm Hill Pike at Spence Lane, on the right when traveling west on Elm Hill Pike. |
| | George Woods was one of the earliest documented African-American archaeological technicians to work in Tennessee. He and his brother Joe were key participants during the 1877-1884 archaeological expeditions across Middle Tennessee sponsored
by . . . — — Map (db m147556) HM |
| On Jefferson Steet near 6th Avenue North, on the right when traveling west. |
| | European immigrants esablished Germantown, the first suburb in North Nashville, in the 1850s. Large brick townhouses stood next to modest workers' cottages, illustrating the area's economic and social diversity. World War I and changes in public . . . — — Map (db m4518) HM |
| On Lealand Lane at Tower Place, on the right when traveling north on Lealand Lane. |
| | Here, near the center of a 64 acre woodland amusement park owned by the Nashville Railway & Light Co., the Glendale streetcar line turned back toward town. The park opened in 1888 to attract passengers for the railway - originally steam, electric . . . — — Map (db m147097) HM |
| On West End Avenue (U.S. 70S) east of Louise Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A residence built on this site in 1910 served as the residence of the governors of Tennessee from 1921 until 1949, when a residence on Curtiswood Lane was acquired by the state. Governors who lived here were Alfred Taylor, Austin Peay, Henry Horton, . . . — — Map (db m52331) HM |
| Near Polk Avenue south of Hackworth Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Lunette at extreme right of Confederate Infantry (Cheatham) to Dec. 15. 1864. This place was attacked Dec. 15. 1864 by Steedman (Under whom were Grosvenor, Shafter and Corbin) who retreated north and east with heavy losses. — — Map (db m86363) HM |
| On Nashboro Boulevard 0.2 miles east of Murfreesboro Pike (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in the 1830s, rebuilt in 1859, and expanded in 1880, Perry Dale Sr. and Alberta G. Dale purchased this two-story frame house in 1946, naming it GranDale. The one-story wings were added to each side in the 1970s. Between 1972 and 1973, Perry . . . — — Map (db m147403) HM |
| On Travelers Ridge Drive at Granny White Pike, in the median on Travelers Ridge Drive. |
| | Grave of Lucinda "Granny" White, who settled here in 1803 on 50 acres of land. She died in 1815 at about age 73. Granny White Tavern stood 200' to the north. Famous for its food, brandy, and comfortable beds, it attracted travelers from the Natchez . . . — — Map (db m95832) HM |
| On Elm Hill Pike at Spence Lane, on the right when traveling west on Elm Hill Pike. |
| | At this location in 1905, Preston Taylor, a Nashville businessman, religious leader, and former slave, established the first park to serve Nashville's Negro community. Greenwood Recreational Park included a ball park, swimming pool, amusements, . . . — — Map (db m147553) HM |
| On Baptist World Center Drive south of West Trinity Lane & Whites Creek Pike (U.S. 431). |
| | Built in 1925, Griggs Hall is the original building on the American Baptist Theological Seminary campus, now American Baptist College. It was named for father and son, Drs. Allen R. and Sutton E. Griggs. In 1901, the younger Griggs founded and . . . — — Map (db m3305) HM |
| On 28th Ave. North near Meharry Blvd, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1912, Nashville officials purchased 34 acres of land to provide a public park for Negro citizens. Originally a part of the John L. Hadley plantation, Hadley Park was dedicated on July 4th. It is considered the first public park in the United . . . — — Map (db m4221) HM |
| On West Trinity Lane (Tennessee Route 65) at Old Matthews Road, on the right when traveling east on West Trinity Lane. |
| | Haynes School was named for William Haynes, a local African American who made the land
available on which the school was built. With T. Clinton Derricks as founding principal, Haynes began in 1931 as an elementary school with grades one through . . . — — Map (db m154910) HM |
| On 25th Avenue North just south of Parman Place, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1968, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) was founded by Dr. Thomas Frist Sr., his son Dr. Thomas Frist Jr. and businessman Jack C. Massey. The original office was located here, in a small house near HCA's first hospital - Park View. At the . . . — — Map (db m147456) HM |
| | On his bluff in 1780, pioneers who came with James Robertson built Heaton's (also spelled Eaton's) station. It and two other forts (Nashborough and Freeland's) withstood all Indian attacks and saved the Cumberland settlements. On the river below . . . — — Map (db m74331) HM WM |
| On Lock Road at Baptist World Center Drive, on the left when traveling south on Lock Road. |
| | Heaton's Station (also called Old Heaton Station, Eaton Station, and Heatonsburg) was founded by Amos Heaton after arriving here with James Robertson in Dec. 1779. Stations founded by others in the surrounding area included: Fort Union, Freelands, . . . — — Map (db m147765) HM |
| On James Robertson Parkway (U.S. 31) at 6th Avenue North, in the median on James Robertson Parkway. |
| | North and west of the State Capitol was an area city reformers called "Hell's Half Acre." Home to immigrants and free and enslaved Blacks, it was a part of a red-light district before, during and after the Civil War. Line St. (now Jo Johnston Ave.) . . . — — Map (db m160543) HM |
| On U.S. 70S at Brookmont Terrace, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 70S. |
| | In 1910, H.G. Hill, Sr. purchased this 324 acres including an old-growth forest west of downtown Nashville. He refused to allow the trees to be sold for timber and fenced the forest to keep his cattle from damaging the centuries-old trees. Hill . . . — — Map (db m147416) HM |
| On R.S. Gass Boulevard at Hart Lane, on the right when traveling north on R.S. Gass Boulevard. |
| | A native of Nashville, Hill McAlister was elected City Attorney in 1905. In 1911 he was elected to the State Senate where he supported legislation in the areas of health, education, and labor. He later served five terms as State Treasurer and two . . . — — Map (db m145810) HM |
| On Belcourt Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1925, the Hillsboro Theater opened as a silent film house with its entrance on 21st Avenue South. The stage arch was decorated by Italian craftsman, Raffaelo Mattei. It was the home of the Children's Theatre of Nashville after 1931, the Grand Ole . . . — — Map (db m52173) HM |
| On 21st Ave, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Ten yds. north stood toll gate and toll gate house erected by Nashville and Hillsboro Turnpike Co., Incorporated in 1848. Charges to travel macadamized road could not exceed: horse or mule, 3 cents; 10 sheep, 20 cents; 20 meat cattle, 25 cents; . . . — — Map (db m81454) HM |
| On Natchez Trace at Blair Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Natchez Trace. |
| | This classic streetcar suburb was developed on farm land as Nashville grew south and west in the late nineteenth century. Built in Bungalow, Tudor, and Colonial Revival styles, many homes from the 1910s and 1920s still stand. The Hillsboro-West End . . . — — Map (db m52170) HM |
| On Post Road at Davidson Road, on the right when traveling south on Post Road. |
| | In 1910, Horace Greeley Hill, Sr. and wife Mamie began buying land around their West Nashville home Cliff Lawn. After Hill Sr., an entrepreneur and philanthropist, died in 1942, H.G. Hill, Jr. took over the family business and began developing that . . . — — Map (db m147414) HM |
| On Old Harding Pike 0.1 miles east of Harpeth Parkway West, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Belle Vue was the name Abraham Louis DeMoss gave the land he bought overlooking the Harpeth River in 1800. His gristmill and sawmill stood nearby. When the Nashville-Northwestern Railroad cut its line to Kingston Springs in 1855, Bellevue became the . . . — — Map (db m147112) HM |
| On Holly Street just east of South 16th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Holly Street Fire Hall. Completed in 1914, J.B. Richardson Engine Company No. 14 was designed by Nashville's first city architect, James B. Yeaman. Designed to blend in with the surrounding residential neighborhood, it was the first fire hall . . . — — Map (db m147720) HM |
| | Near here in 1820 the first Catholic Church in Tennessee was built by Irish Catholic workers then building a bridge over Cumberland River. In 1830 a brick structure known as Holy Rosary Cathedral succeeded the frame building. Here Bishop R. P. . . . — — Map (db m36240) HM |
| On 6th Avenue South at Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south on 6th Avenue South. |
| | This building, renowned for its pure Gothic architecture and harmony of proportions, was designed by Wills & Dudley of New York, in a style suggesting an English village church. The cornerstone was laid May 7, 1852, by Bishop James Otey. The church . . . — — Map (db m81455) HM |
| On Demonbreun Street at 6th Avenue South, on the right when traveling west on Demonbreun Street. |
| | The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church was established on Nov. 4, 1917, at 208 6th Ave S., the former site of Wallace Univ. School. Greek immigrants began moving to Nashville in the 1880s in search of better economic opportunities. In 1905 a . . . — — Map (db m147533) HM |
| On Granny White Pike at Morrow Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Granny White Pike. |
| | This cabin was home, periodically, up to 1882 of educator, editor, and religious leader David Lipscomb and wife, Margaret Zellner Lipscomb. The Associated Ladies for Lipscomb moved it here from Bell's Bend in 1985. In 1903 the Lipscombs built . . . — — Map (db m53347) HM |
| On 2nd Avenue North 0.1 miles north of James Roberston Parkway (U.S. 431), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Sam Houston, a native of Virginia, moved to Nashville in 1818 to study law with Judge James Trimble. Admitted to the bar later that year, Houston practiced in Lebanon, Tenn., before returning to Nashville to serve as District Attorney (1819-21). In . . . — — Map (db m147738) HM |
| On 1st Avenue South just south of Mildred Shute Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built about 1921 from donations of Meharry Medical College alumni and trustees, Hubbard House served as the retirement home of Dr. George W. Hubbard, a founder and head of Meharry for 44 years. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places due . . . — — Map (db m147543) HM |
| On Dr. D. B. Todd, Jr. Blvd, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 1889-1983
In 1913, Hulda M. Lyttle was one of three graduates in the first nursing education class of Meharry's G. W. Hubbard Hospital. In 1916, Lyttle returned to Meharry as Director of Nurse Training. Between 1921 and 1938, she served as . . . — — Map (db m4223) HM |
| On Ashland City Highway (Tennessee Route 12) 0.1 miles east of Eatons Creek Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Here was toll-gate No.2 of the Hyde's Ferry Turnpike Co., chartered in 1848 to build a road from Nashville to Ashland City and Sycamore Mills. Richard Hyde's ferry crossed the Cumberland 2.6 mi. southeast, where the railroad bridge is now. Davidson . . . — — Map (db m147791) HM |
| Near Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) 0.1 miles north of Leake Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
In 1820 John Harding immensely improved his quality of life by constructing a six-room, brick federal style house on his property. Not long after finishing his new home he set to work on another improvement, building an ice house. An ice . . . — — Map (db m158324) HM |
| On 7th Avenue South just south of Drexel Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1904, a Philadelphia nun and heiress, Mother Mary Katherine Drexel, purchased this site for Immaculate Mother Academy, which included a primary school and the first Catholic secondary school for black students in Tennessee. Holy Family Catholic . . . — — Map (db m147504) HM |
| Near Leake Avenue east of Harding Pike (U.S. 70S). |
| |
In 1807John Harding purchased 250 acres of land on the “east side of the Richland Creek including Dunham's Old Station”, and added a second room to the cabin for his growing family. The farm was strategically located on the . . . — — Map (db m158279) HM |
| Reported permanently removed. |
| | In 1865 one hundred thirty six (136) enslaved men, women, and children at Belle Meade Farm gained their freedom. With this freedom they gained the right to choose where they would live and work. Seventy-two (72) farm workers continued under the . . . — — Map (db m68986) HM |
| On Charles E. Davis Boulevard at Fain Street, on the right when traveling north on Charles E. Davis Boulevard. |
| | Constructed in 1892 for Hose Company #1, this building is one of the earliest extant fire halls in Nashville. The upstairs housed firefighters while the lower floor stabled the company's two horses. R. C. Burk served as the first Captain. The fire . . . — — Map (db m147544) HM |
| On Belmont Blvd south of Clayton Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | After success in Memphis with Sun Records, "Cowboy" Jack Clement founded Jack Clement Recording Studios in 1969, producing and writing for artists such as Johnny Cash and Charley Pride. It was the first facility of its kind in Nashville, with . . . — — Map (db m76355) HM |
| On Union Street 0.1 miles east of 4th Avenue North, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Andrew Jackson settled in Nashville in 1788 and served as Atty. Gen. until 1796. Lawyer John Overton owned a building here (1791-96) and shared office space with his friend Jackson. Jackson was Tennessee's first Rep. to Congress (1796) and state . . . — — Map (db m24084) HM |
| On Gay Street Connector, on the right when traveling north. |
| | French Canadian fur trader and explorer
Officer of the American Revolution
Lieutenant Governor of the Illinois Territory
Honored as Nashville's "First Citizen"
Sculptor: Alan Lequire
Plaque donated in memory of: Dr. Truman Weldon . . . — — Map (db m81456) HM |
| On Lafayette Street (U.S. 70S) at Claiborne Street, on the right when traveling north on Lafayette Street. |
| | James C. Napier (1845-1940), Nashville Negro lawyer, educator, member of the city council, delegate to four Republican conventions, Register of U.S. Treasury, 1911-15, was a trustee of Fisk, Howard, and Meharry, advocate of the public schools, and . . . — — Map (db m147545) HM |
| | The house which stood about 100 feet west was built in 1815 by Felix Grundy. James K. Polk bought it while President in 1847. He came home to it on expiration of his term of office and died here, June 15, 1849. His widow occupied it until her death . . . — — Map (db m74337) HM |
| On Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd. near Hermosa Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This Dutch Colonial house was built in 1931 for James Weldon Johnson. He served as U.S. Consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua, editor of the New York Age, and field secretary of the NAACP. Johnson's poem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," set to music by his . . . — — Map (db m4520) HM |
| On Jefferson Street at Interstate 40, on the right when traveling west on Jefferson Street. |
| | From the 1940s to the early 1960s. Jefferson Street was one of America's best-known districts of jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues. Famous African-American musicians played repeatedly in the many clubs. Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix. Ray Charles. . . . — — Map (db m147915) HM |
| On West End Avenue (U.S. 70S) at Four-Forty Parkway (Interstate 440), on the right when traveling west on West End Avenue. |
| | At 8:07 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 1958 a bomb exploded at the Jewish Community Center at 3500 West End Avenue. The JCC, which was located here from 1952-84, often hosted community meetings aimed at desegregating Nashville's schools and communities . . . — — Map (db m147443) HM |
| On Nolensville Pike (Alternate U.S. 41) 0.1 miles north of Strasser Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On the site of this house was home of John Haywood, a Supreme Court Justice in North Carolina. Founder (1820) of the Antiquarian Society, forerunner of the Tennessee Historical Society and author of the basic histories of the state, he is known as . . . — — Map (db m151192) HM |
| On Granny White Pike at Lone Oak Road, on the right when traveling south on Granny White Pike. |
| | Tennessee novelist, poet, co-author, four-volume history, “Tennessee, the Volunteer State”; publisher, “Trotwood Monthly”; author of short stories; breeder & judge of livestock; teacher, lecturer; beloved companion & . . . — — Map (db m53350) HM |
| On 27th Avenue North 0.3 miles north of West End Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A native of Nashville.
Forty-eight years in the service
of the Nashville, Chattanooga &
St. Louis Railway;
President for twenty-two years.
President of the
Tennessee Centennial Exposition,
which resulted in securing
to Nashville this . . . — — Map (db m62864) HM |
| On Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) at Vine Court, on the right when traveling west on Harding Pike. |
| | A double log house and a few log cabins, partially picketed, stood here about 1790. On May 9, 1793, 4 children on their way to the spring were attacked by Indians. Three were scalped and killed. One escaped. The home of Charles Bosley, wealthy . . . — — Map (db m53362) HM |
| On Granny White Pike at Battery Lane, on the right when traveling north on Granny White Pike. |
| |
Josephine Groves Holloway
1898-1988
Josephine Holloway graduated from Fisk Univ. with a degree in sociology in 1923. She worked at Bethlehem Center as a case worker, where she began organizing the first African-American Girl Scouts troops . . . — — Map (db m147410) HM |
| On Gay Street Connector 0.1 miles south of 1st Avenue North, on the left when traveling south. |
| | At this place, the Cherokee crossed the Cumberland River on the Nashville Toll Bridge during the forced march west from their homelands in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Nashvillians in the busy public square looked on as thousands of Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m147753) HM |
| On Lischey Avenue just south of Gatewood Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1882, T.S. and T.C. Joy, founders of Joy & Son floral co. (est. 1877), bought 91 acres east of Lischey Ave. for their greenhouse operations, including the Gen. White home and White-Ogden Cemetery. The Joys built a large greenhouse (1886) and two . . . — — Map (db m147762) HM |
| | Erected in 1876, Jubilee Hall was the first permanent structure built on the Fisk University campus. Named for Fisk's world-famous Jubilee Singers, this Victorian Gothic structure is sometimes called "frozen music." Jubilee Hall is a National . . . — — Map (db m4148) HM |
| On Hobbs Road east of Wallace Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dedicated educator who served Davidson County public schools 57 years as a teacher, the first Supervisor of Elementary Education 1911-1944, and Director of Character Education, Miss Julia oversaw schools countywide. A progressive, she pioneered . . . — — Map (db m53385) HM |
| Near Gallatin Avenue just south of North 11th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Kelley vs. Board of Education of Nashville
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision, Robert W. Kelley, an American Black, was lured away from East High School when he attempted . . . — — Map (db m145793) HM |
| On Woodmont Circle at Kenner Avenue, in the median on Woodmont Circle. |
| | Originally part of the Woodlawn estate, this property was subdivided in 1916 by Duncan Kenner and the Kenner Manor Land Company. Many houses on Kenner Avenue and Woodmont Circle were built in the 1920s, and in 1929 the Clearview Subdivision was . . . — — Map (db m147411) HM |
| On Nolensville Pike (Alternate U.S. 31) at Winston Avenue West, on the right when traveling south on Nolensville Pike. |
| | Soon after the Civil War, freed slave families established farms and dairies in this community named for Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church. The church was
founded in 1868 by Rev. Larry A. Thompson, a traveling missionary. The first church . . . — — Map (db m147128) HM |
| On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard east of 7th Avenue North, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Let this scarlet oak represent the strength and resilience of the people of African descent, and commemorate Africans who died in the Middle Passage, the leg of the Atlantic Triangle in which upwards of 100 million Africans were transported as human . . . — — Map (db m131238) HM |
| On Benham Avenue 0.1 miles north of Woodmont Boulevard (Tennessee Route 155), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Major General Alexander Peter Stewart's corps was one of three Confederate infantry corps in the Battle of Nashville. Stewart was likely the most competent Confederate officer left in the Army of Tennessee. Captain William D. Gale, of nearby Gale . . . — — Map (db m151715) HM WM |
| On 26th Avenue South 0.1 miles north of West End Avenue (Tennessee Route 1), on the left when traveling north. |
| | This tree was planted May 24th 1919 by the Catholic Children of Nashville in grateful memory of Lieutenant James Simmons Timothy of the 80th Company, 6th Regiment U.S.M.C. who was killed in action at Belleau Wood, France, June 14th 1918, aged . . . — — Map (db m59185) HM |
| On 5th Ave North, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Little Jimmy Dickens first debuted on the Ryman stage in 1948 and went on to become one of the longest tenured and most beloved members of the Grand Ole Opry. His rhinestone-studded outfit, wild novelty hits, and infectious country humor captured . . . — — Map (db m117816) HM |
| On Lock 2 Road 0.3 miles north of Cain Harbor Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1888, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sought to make water travel on the Cumberland River easier by regulating water levels with a series of dams and locks. Construction on Lock 2 began in 1892, and the lock and dam were finished in 1907. The . . . — — Map (db m154919) HM |
| On North 17th Street at Woodland Street, on the right when traveling north on North 17th Street. |
| | Located 250 yds. S.E., this famous pioneer spring served Lockeland mansion on site of present school building. Home built by Col. Robert Weakley in early 1800's and named for his wife, daughter of Gen. Matthew Locke of Salisbury, N.C. Spring water . . . — — Map (db m147717) HM |
| On State Highway 100 just east of McCory Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1951, Lon and Annie Loveless began serving
fried chicken, biscuits and jams at picnic tables
to hungry travelers from Highway 100, then
the main road between Nashville and Memphis.
They soon converted their 4-room home into
a restaurant, . . . — — Map (db m146432) HM |
| On 33rd Avenue North south of John A. Merritt Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | LT William McBryar was born February 14, 1861. He enlisted în the 10th U.S. Cavalry January 3, 1887 and was assigned to the frontier. He received the Medal of Honor in 1890 for coolness, bravery and marksmanship during the Cherry Creek Campaign in . . . — — Map (db m147825) HM |
| On Belle Meade Boulevard at Warner Park Entrance. |
| | Luke Lea (1879-1945) envisioned this park, gave to the city in 1927 the original 868 acres, and asked that the land be named for his father-in-law, Percy Warner. Founder of the Nashville Tennessean, Lea was a key developer of Belle Meade, a U.S. . . . — — Map (db m68993) HM WM |
| On 1st Avenue North at Union Street North, on the right when traveling north on 1st Avenue North. |
| | Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were the victims of lynchings and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. After the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for African Americans and an ideology of . . . — — Map (db m147760) HM |
| Near 4th Avenue S. at Oak Street. |
| |
Only son
of Edward Rutledge,
signer of the
Declaration of Independence.
He married the daughter
of Arthur Middleton,
another signer
of the Declaration. — — Map (db m89317) HM |
| Near 25th Avenue North, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Chief Engr. Army of Tenn. C.S.A.; Construction Engineer on first R.R. Bridge in Nashville; City Engineer of Nashville and Member of American Society of civil Engineers; Director of Works at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1897 & Co-Founder of . . . — — Map (db m4142) HM |
| On Clinton Street at 12th Avenue North, on the right when traveling west on Clinton Street. |
| | The Marathon Motor Car was manufactured here 1914-1916 by Southern Motor Works (later called Marathon). Four models, all touring cars, were powered by engines of 4 cylinders, 30/35 hp, & 6s of 50 hp, with wheelbases from 9'8" to 12'5". The plant . . . — — Map (db m61654) HM |
| On Clinton Street just west of 12th Avenue North, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This Italianate-style 1881 factory first housed the Nashville Cotton Mills, which built the middle section c. 1885. It became Phoenix Cotton Mills in 1894. In 1910 Southern Motor Works of Jackson, Tenn. moved in, becoming Marathon Motor Works in . . . — — Map (db m147464) HM |
| On Clarksville Pike (Alternate U.S. 41) at Cliff Drive, on the right when traveling south on Clarksville Pike. |
| | On April 20, 1960, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Nashville and spoke to those gathered at Fisk University. He said, “I came to Nashville not to bring inspiration but to gain inspiration from the great movement in this . . . — — Map (db m151760) HM |
| On 7th Avenue North 0.1 miles north of Madison Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Nashville native Mary Catherine Strobel was the first female employee of the Nashville Fire Department, serving from 1948 to 1977. She also devoted her life to helping the poor. She lived in the family home, 1212 7th Avenue North, from 1938 to 1971. . . . — — Map (db m147771) HM |
| Near Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) 0.1 miles north of Leake Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
In 1839 William Giles Harding commissioned the construction of a limestone burial vault for his recently deceased wife, Mary Selena McNairy Harding. This vault eventually became the final resting place for five generations of Harding-Jackson . . . — — Map (db m158319) HM |
| On Church Street 0.1 miles west of 4th Avenue North, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On this site stood the Maxwell House Hotel built by John Overton in 1859. It was destroyed by fire on Christmas Day, 1961. After wartime use as a barracks, hospital and prison, it was formally opened as a hotel in 1869. Presidents Andrew Johnson, . . . — — Map (db m24145) HM |
| On Chestnut Street just east of Martin Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1897, Jacob May and his family moved to Nashville and opened the Rock City Hosiery Mill. May obtained a contract to use convict labor for his mill, located inside the state penitentiary on Church Street. In 1908, May incorporated the company . . . — — Map (db m147539) HM |
| On Hill Road at Granbery Park Drive, on the left when traveling west on Hill Road. |
| | Revolutionary War Pvt. John Alford built a two-room house on this land c. 1810, expanding it in 1812 and 1820. The Alford cemetery retains three markers that were placed as early as 1822. The c. 1830 brick two-story Federal dwelling was home to . . . — — Map (db m147408) HM |
| On 46th Avenue North at Murphy Road, on the right when traveling south on 46th Avenue North. |
| | In 1927 the City of Nashville bought 131 acres from Warren Sloan and made this the city airport, named for Lieut. Brower McConnell, Tennessee National Guard pilot who died that year in an air crash. Aircraft outgrew the field in the 1930s and moved . . . — — Map (db m147168) HM |
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