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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Davidson County, Tennessee
Adjacent to Davidson County, Tennessee
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| On Blairfield Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Nashville barber Alfred Z. Kelley was lead
plaintiff in Kelley v. Board of Education, a federal lawsuit filed Sept. 23. 1955, on behalf of his son Robert and 20 other African American
children. In December, the suit was amended
to include two . . . — — Map (db m146420) HM |
| On Antioch Pike 0.1 miles north of Goodwin Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Mill Creek Valley Turnpike Company was incorporated by the Tenn. Gen. Assembly on Jan. 21, 1846. Starting near the four mile mark of Nolensville Pike, the road went through Mill Creek valley, "crossing main Mill creek at or near Rains' mills, . . . — — Map (db m147405) HM |
| On Old Hickory Boulevard 0.1 miles east of Cane Ridge Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Cane Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, built in 1859, replaced a
log building which occupied land
donated by Edwin Austin & Thomas
Boaz in 1826. One of the best known
pastors was Hugh Bone Hill who also
preached at the Jerusalem Church . . . — — Map (db m146619) HM |
| On Nolensville Pike (Alternate U.S. 41) at Barnes Road, on the right when traveling north on Nolensville Pike. |
| | The house of his birth, Feb. 18, 1796, was on this site. Graduate of Nashville's Cumberland College, 1814, he was a state senator in 1817 and Member of Congress, 1827 to 1841, when appointed Secretary of War. He was nominated for the Presidency by . . . — — Map (db m151191) HM |
| On Reeves Road 0.1 miles east of McBride Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Located near Mill Creek, Locust Hill is one of the earliest brick homes in Middle Tennessee. Built c. 1805, it was home to the Charles Hays family until after the Civil War. The Federal-style house features intricately carved mantles and millwork, . . . — — Map (db m147404) HM |
| On Cane Ridge Road 0.4 miles north of Old Hickory Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1871, District 6 school commissioners John Briley, Benjiah Gray and Jason Austin bought one acre of land from James Thompson for an African American school. In 1873, African American members of the Benevolent Society of Olive Branch No. 38 . . . — — Map (db m147704) HM |
| On Harding Pike (U.S. 70S) 0.2 miles north of Leake Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
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In 1872 the Belle Meade railroad station was an active part of General Harding's Thoroughbred industry. The Railroad line running through the Belle Meade farm had numerous names and owners. In 1867, the State of Tennessee took over the line . . . — — Map (db m158705) HM |
| On Franklin Pike (Tennessee Route 31), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In this neighborhood, late in the evening of his decisive defeat at Nashville, Hood reorganized his army for withdrawal southward. Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee's Corps, supported by Chalmers' Cavalry Division, covered the withdrawal, fighting . . . — — Map (db m54043) HM |
| On Franklin Road near Old Hickory Boulevard. |
| | This 5 acres on the corner of Old Hickory Boulevard and Franklin Road was bought by A. H. Noble in 1929. A registered pharmacist, he operated a drug store here for nearly 20 years when the pharmacy was converted to a restaurant by Albert's son Glenn . . . — — Map (db m113948) HM |
| Near Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) at Rivercrest Pass, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Construction details on this structure vary from the slave dwellings, and include mortise and tenon joinery and hand-planed and rabbeted lapped siding. These details suggest that the carriage house may pre-date those dwellings. Note the hand-forged . . . — — Map (db m147661) HM |
| Near Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) at Rivercrest Pass, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The chicken coop may date to the Stanford family's ownership of Clover Bottom. The Stanfords were the third and final private owners of the property. Arthur F. Stanford (1881-1939) and his brother bought Clover Bottom from Anna Gay Price in 1918 and . . . — — Map (db m147636) HM |
| Near Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) at Rivercrest Pass. |
| | Built in 1858 by Dr. James Hoggatt on land inherited from his father, Capt. John Hoggatt, a Revolutionary War soldier, this fine Italian villa style home is centered in an area of local historical significance. John Donelson settled early in this . . . — — Map (db m147571) HM |
| Near Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) at Rivercrest Pass, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This is one of the few surviving late 19th-century horse barns in Davidson County.
Architectural historians refer to the style of the building as a transverse crib barn, or a central aisle barn. The structure was erected by 1898, most likely when . . . — — Map (db m147663) HM |
| Near Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) at Rivercrest Pass, on the right when traveling east. |
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Until the coming of Phillips [overseer at Clover Bottom] in the spring of 1858, the colored people lived in cabins and houses promiscuously scattered about the place. Entertainments like quilting bees and dances, where people . . . — — Map (db m147635) HM |
| On McGavock Pike at Stones River Road, on the left when traveling north on McGavock Pike. |
| | Built in 1859 by David H. McGavock, this mansion stands on land inherited by McGavock's wife, Willie, from her father, William Harding. The smaller house to the left was built in 1802. Dr. James Priestley's Academy, established about 1816, was . . . — — Map (db m147569) HM |
| On Louisville Highway (U.S. 31W) 0.1 miles north of Dickerson Pike (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In the spring of 1810, Alexander Wilson, noted author, naturalist, and known as the "Father of American Ornithology", visited this area while on a horseback trip over the Natchez Trace to the Mississippi River. While here he lodged with the pioneer, . . . — — Map (db m83282) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 31W) near Memorial Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Two blocks west is the grave of this renowned frontiersman and Goodlettsville’s first citizen. Coming first to the Cumberland Settlements in 1770, he returned in 1780 and built his fort one-half mile north on Mansker’s creek. He repeatedly fought . . . — — Map (db m2428) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 31W), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1843, Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized near Mansker Creek and was originally known as Mansker Creek Congregation. In January 1848, the church moved to the present location and burned in 1901. The present edifice was . . . — — Map (db m2583) HM |
| On Long Hollow Pike (Tennessee Route 174), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Here on west bank of the creek that he discovered in 1772, Kasper Mansker and other first settlers built a log fort in 1779. John Donelson’s family fled here in 1780 for safety from Indians. Mansker abandoned the fort in 1781 and moved to Fort . . . — — Map (db m2586) HM |
| On Memorial Drive west of U.S. 31W, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Here, near Mansker’s Lick, Casper Mansker established a station of the Cumberland Settlements in 1780. The road connecting with Nashboro was built in 1781. John Donelson and his family moved here after abandoning his Clover Bottom Station, following . . . — — Map (db m2375) HM |
| On Old Dickerson Road 0.1 miles north of Echo Hill Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. |
| | New Bethel Baptist Church (formerly White's Creek) was organized in 1794 six miles north of Nashville on White's Creek Pike, through the labors of Daniel Brown, Joshua White, Nathan Arnett and Patrick Mooney. It was moved to Dickerson Road in 1837 . . . — — Map (db m149965) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 41) at Old Springfield Pike, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | Immediately to the east is one of the stone bridges over which passed the old stage road from Nashville to Louisville. The stage line operated until the rail-road was completed in 1859. — — Map (db m83281) HM |
| On Nella Drive 0.1 miles west of Green Acres Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This is the "dream house" of country music icon Patsy Cline, born Virginia Patterson Hensley in 1932. Roy Acuff offered her a job by the age of 16, but she opted to sing with a local group back home in Winchester, Va. She changed her name in 1953 . . . — — Map (db m146002) HM |
| On Long Hollow Pike (Tennessee Route 174), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Near Mansker’s Creek stands a rare example of Federal architecture built by Capt. William Bowen and Mary Henley Russell. Bowen, an early pioneer and Indian fighter had served in the French & Indian and Revolutionary wars before moving his family to . . . — — Map (db m85438) HM |
| On U.S. 31E, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Davidson County. Established 1783; named in honor of Brig. Gen. William Lee Davidson of North Carolina. Distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War. Served with the Army at Valley Forge. Killed in action at Cowan’s Ford, N.C., 1781.
. . . — — Map (db m2374) HM |
| | When Jackson's plantation turned a profit in the 1820s, he invested it in slaves and buildings. Letters sent from Jackson to Andrew Jackson Jr. and his overseer in 1829 show that brick was being made for new buildings. In September 1829, Andrew . . . — — Map (db m85383) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | Rachel Jackson quietly suffered through Jackson’s bid for the White House, as his enemies attacked the circumstances of their marriage. Although Jackson easily won the presidency, Rachel dreaded the gossiping whispers of Washington’s social circles. . . . — — Map (db m81403) HM |
| | Andrew Jackson took on life with grit and determination. Both served him well. Through persistence, ambition, and luck, the boy born into a struggling immigrant family and orphaned at age fourteen, would become a respected lawyer, judge, . . . — — Map (db m81404) HM |
| | Andrew Jackson arrived at the Hermitage in 1804 with nine slaves. By 1821, that number had risen to fifty. In 1823, Jackson brought another thirty enslaved African Americans here from his recently sold Alabama plantation.
Faced with pressing . . . — — Map (db m81405) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | The idyllic planter’s life presented to white visitors by the Jackson family was based on the unpaid labor of over 150 enslaved black men, women, and children. Without the grueling labor of these individuals, the Jackson family could not have lived . . . — — Map (db m52407) HM |
| On Field Quarter Trail, on the left when traveling east. |
| | For nearly thirty years – from the construction of the brick dwellings in 1829 to the sale of this parcel of land in 1856 – the Field Quarter was home to at least eight enslaved families at The Hermitage. With fifty to eighty . . . — — Map (db m85429) HM |
| | In the years after Andrew Jackson’s death, the Jackson’s financial situation changed for the worse. The log farmhouse/slave cabin slowly fell into ruin. In 1889, the state of Tennessee entrusted the property to the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. . . . — — Map (db m81406) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | While the bold and dramatic claim center stage, history is also written in the quite, humble ways...and lives. Alfred Jackson was unique among the enslaved at The Hermitage. Born at The Hermitage to Betty, the cook, and Ned, the carpenter, Alfred . . . — — Map (db m81407) HM |
| On Shute Lane at Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70), on the left when traveling north on Shute Lane. |
| | In 1921 the State rented land west of Shute Lane and erected two hangars here for the 105th Observation Squadron, Tennessee National Guard. The airfield of about 100 acres was named for H. O. Blackwood, who gave $1,000 to aid the project. The first . . . — — Map (db m147683) HM |
| | In 1940, The Ladies' Hermitage Association constructed this building to be used for meetings and receptions. Today, the cabin still serves as a meeting place and classroom, and is also rented for private functions. — — Map (db m85380) HM |
| On Rachel's Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Although no Civil War battles were fought here, the war touched Andrew Jackson's farm in other ways. Jackson had been a firm Unionist, putting down Nullification and its potential for civil war during his presidency. However, after his death, his . . . — — Map (db m85365) HM |
| On Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) 0.1 miles west of Stones River, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1780, the Gower party, tending Middle Tennessee's first cotton and corn crop, were killed or captured by Indians. On nearby Stone's River some flatboats were built for Aaron Burr's abortive expedition. The famous match races between Andrew . . . — — Map (db m147672) HM |
| On Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) 0.2 miles west of Shute Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Most of the 483 Confederate soldiers buried here were veterans who died while in the Confederate Soldiers' Home which stood about 1 mile north of here. Also buried here is Ralph Ledbetter, former slave and bodyguard to a Confederate officer during . . . — — Map (db m147676) HM WM |
| | In spite of the threat of violence, the men, women, and children who Andrew Jackson held in bondage still found ways to fight against the injustice and inhumanity of slavery. There were several instances of slaves running away. Jackson family . . . — — Map (db m85475) HM |
| On Chandler Road 0.1 miles north of Summit Run Place, on the right when traveling north. |
| | As early as 1815, school was held nearby at Stoner's Lick Methodist Church. In 1843, early settler Timothy Dodson granted land for a dedicated schoolhouse that was built c. 1855. After it burned, classes were held at the Hermitage railroad station . . . — — Map (db m147673) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | From this point, you have many tour options inviting you to think about another time here at this 1120–acre National Historic Landmark. Use the map to guide you to any of the many points of interest you’ll find throughout Andrew Jackson’s . . . — — Map (db m85369) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | This path leads to the Field Quarter, an area that was once home to at least eighty enslaved African-Americans. A series of illustrated signs near exposed building foundations at the site help you to “see” what life was like for this . . . — — Map (db m81410) HM |
| | This path leads to the Field Quarter, an area that was once home to at least eighty enslaved African-Americans. A series of illustrated signs near exposed building foundations at the site help you to "see" what life was like for this part of the . . . — — Map (db m85379) HM |
| | Andrew Jackson built a cotton gin and press at The Hermitage in 1807, both of which stood in the field in front of you. It was a shrewd decision on Jackson's part, not only making his plantation more self-sufficient, but also generating additional . . . — — Map (db m85479) HM |
| | Andrew Jackson called it his farm, but in reality, The Hermitage was a large cotton plantation dependent upon enslaved labor. All the agricultural activities on Jackson’s 1000 – acre plantation supported his cotton. On average, Jackson’s . . . — — Map (db m81422) HM |
| On Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) at Shute Lane, on the right when traveling east on Lebanon Pike. |
| | On Cumberland River, two miles north, was Andrew Jackson's plantation, Hunter's Hill, which he bought in 1796 and where he lived until 1804 when he sold it to Colonel Edward Ward and removed to the adjoining tract to which he gave the name of the . . . — — Map (db m147681) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | The Hermitage icehouse, a common feature on larger farms and plantations during the nineteenth century, stood on the north side of the smokehouse.
Archaeological excavation at this site in 1993 uncovered a portion of a 20 by 20 foot . . . — — Map (db m85480) HM |
| | Prescribed grazing at the Hermitage improves forage, animal, soil, and water resources.
Animal resources are improved by striving to maintain quality forge 3” to 8” tall. This height allows graze animals to have optimum intake. . . . — — Map (db m81424) HM |
| | Native warm season grasses grow well during the summer heat. These are bunch type grasses, and the bare ground between the grass clumps provides wildlife cover and nesting space. Habitat conditions are excellent for species such as bobwhite quail, . . . — — Map (db m85446) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | For the Jackson family, the enslaved were property and the foundation of their wealth. The monetary value of the enslaved far exceeded the combined worth of the Hermitage land, mansion and other improvements.
Andrew Jackson himself had no . . . — — Map (db m52412) HM |
| Near Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) near Stones River Greenway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Stone Hall and the cabin Eversong on the Stones River are situated on land that
before white settlers came was Native American Indian hunting grounds controlled
primarily by the Cherokee, but also used by the Shawnee and Chickasaw. . . . — — Map (db m147665) HM |
| | Artifacts found during excavations of the Field Quarter have much to say about daily life within the Hermitage enslaved community. Animal bones tell us a great deal about diet. Buttons and sewing equipment provide details about clothing. Marbles, . . . — — Map (db m85445) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | Like its landscape, so too have the homes of the Hermitage been touched by time and circumstance. Andrew and Rachel Jackson's first Hermitage home was a substantial and well-furnished two-story log farmhouse, where they lived from 1804 until well . . . — — Map (db m85367) HM |
| | The Belted Galloway is an heirloom breed of beef cattle originating in the mountainous region of Galloway in southwestern Scotland. A hardy breed, they are naturally polled (hornless) and are distinguished by their thick heavy coats and white belt . . . — — Map (db m81425) HM |
| On Field Quarter Trail, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1806, Andrew Jackson purchased 640 acres north of the first Hermitage and in turn used this land mostly for field crops such as cotton and corn. Jackson chose this portion of that land to build dwellings for his field slaves because of its . . . — — Map (db m85432) HM |
| On Field Quarter Trail, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Known as “Muddy Spring” in Andrew Jackson's time, this fast flowing spring was the primary source of water for the fifty to eighty enslaved men, women, and children who lived in the nearby Field Quarter.
Along with its life-sustaining . . . — — Map (db m85382) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | These log buildings tell a remarkable American story unlike any other. From 1804 to 1821, as a two-story farmhouse and kitchen outbuilding, the First Hermitage housed future United States President Andrew Jackson and his family. Here, Jackson lived . . . — — Map (db m52420) HM |
| | This small brick privy or necessary is something of a mystery. No documents or illustrations record the presence of such a building when the Jackson family lived on the property. Archaelogical evidence suggests that an older building may have stood . . . — — Map (db m85374) HM |
| | Home of Andrew Jackson (1767~1845), Major General in the Army, hero of the Battle of New Orleans, and seventh President of the United States. It was originally built in 1819; partially burned in 1834, during Jackson's second term, replaced by the . . . — — Map (db m36280) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | As with all living things, the Hermitage Garden cannot be wholly defined by any particular moment in time. Gardens grow and change. Few records tell us about the appearance of the garden Andrew Jackson enjoyed. Jackson hired gardener William Frost . . . — — Map (db m85370) HM |
| | At a time when limited resources led to smaller dwellings, the distinctions between indoor and outdoor life blurred. When Jackson lived in the log farmhouse, this area buzzed with dawn-to dusk activity, sounds and smells. Cramped housing for white . . . — — Map (db m81426) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | At first glance, The Hermitage Landscape may seem largely untouched by time. Look more closely, however, and discover the changes brought by over 200 years of labor...living...and a changing America.
White Americans and their slaves first . . . — — Map (db m85360) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | Elegant as it is, The Hermitage Mansion is also a prime example that, indeed, beauty sometimes does lie “in the eye of the beholder.” Andrew Jackson's visitors got their first good look at his home as they rounded the graceful curves of . . . — — Map (db m85366) HM |
| | As was common at large plantations, Jackson hired a white overseer on an annual contract to supervise farm operations, particularly the lives and work of the enslaved. The overseer's contract began on January 1, after the previous year's crop had . . . — — Map (db m85477) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | This log building was not part of Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage. In 1929, a fire destroyed one of Jackson’s original barns. To help replace it, The Ladies’ Hermitage Association purchased and moved this log building from the nearby Hunter's Hill . . . — — Map (db m52416) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | Andrew Jackson's strong sense of family extended beyond those he embraced during his lifetime.
Reaching into the future to touch generations yet to come, he deeded a small portion of the garden in trust to serve as a family cemetery. Stones . . . — — Map (db m85372) HM |
| | The remains of the North Cabin stood near this spot until 1988 when it was dismantled because of structural instability. The foundation of the chimney is the only part of the building visible. The North Cabin was a one-story log dwelling with a . . . — — Map (db m85478) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | Of all the enticements Tennessee offered settlers, one promised both survival and a future: Water. Falling from above, bubbling up from below, flowing in broad river “highways”: Water.
Two natural free-flowing springs made The . . . — — Map (db m81428) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | Rarely do facts alone uncover the past. Scholarship, judgment, and analysis all have roles in interpreting evidence, and hints, of long-ago lives. So it is with these stones marking the location of a building that Hermitage archaeologists have named . . . — — Map (db m52410) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | In 1915, The Ladies' Hermitage Association planted this double line of trees to serve as the border for a new entryway intended for visitors arriving by automobile. Each tree came from a battlefield where Andrew Jackson fought, such as the Plain of . . . — — Map (db m85363) HM |
| Near Rachels Lane 0.3 miles east of Hermitage Road. |
| | The stately trees and park-like grounds of today’s Hermitage bear scant resemblance to the working plantation of Andrew Jackson’s time. As the farm developed, trees were cleared to make room for fields and pastures.
By the time the first . . . — — Map (db m52408) HM |
| On Lebanon Pike (U.S. 70) at Rachels Lane, on the right when traveling east on Lebanon Pike. |
| | Designed by Jos. Reiff, who was also builder of the Hermitage, this house was built in 1836 for Andrew J. Donelson, Jackson's namesake and secretary. A West Point graduate, Donelson was at one time minister to Prussia, and held other offices. In . . . — — Map (db m147680) HM |
| On Morgan Road 0.6 miles east of Whites Creek Pike (U.S. 431), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Named for the Paradise brothers, early settlers from North Carolina, this ridge was home to the Joelton Air Force Station from 1956-61, when the 799th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron operated here as a part of the integrated continental . . . — — Map (db m147786) HM |
| On Neelys Bend Road at Hospital Drive, on the right when traveling west on Neelys Bend Road. |
| | Two miles east on Cumberland River was Neely's Lick, later called Larkin's Sulphur Spring. Here, in the fall of 1780 William Neely was killed and his daughter Mary captured by Indians. Carried by her captors to Michigan, she escaped after two years, . . . — — Map (db m147699) HM |
| On Hospital Drive 0.1 miles north of Neelys Bend Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Madison College was founded in 1904 as Nashville Agricultural Normal Institute by Seventh-day Adventists on a farm of 412 acres. A sanitarium and campus industries were integral to the plan of work and study for students training for careers in . . . — — Map (db m147701) HM |
| On Gallatin Pike North (U.S. 31E) at Rivergate Parkway, on the right when traveling south on Gallatin Pike North. |
| | After Col. John Donelson was killed in 1785, his widow and family continued to live here in a log house. In 1789 lawyers Andrew Jackson and John Overton boarded with the Donelsons. Here Jackson met Rachel, the Donelson's youngest daughter. They . . . — — Map (db m147702) HM |
| On Neelys Bend Road just north of Nix Pass, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1943, with a $1000 loan from a friend, Douglas G. Odom, Sr., his wife Louise, and their children - Doug Jr., Richard, Judy, and June - started a four-hog a day sausage business. Before selling the company in 2012, the three generation . . . — — Map (db m147698) HM |
| On Gibson Drive 0.2 miles north of Due West Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
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This stone, Monterey-style house was built in 1925 and purchased in 1952 by “Mr. Country,” Carl Smith, just weeks before his marriage to June Carter, of the famed Carter Family. The farm remained home to June and daughter Carlene . . . — — Map (db m147478) HM |
| | Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium was dedicated to Vanderbilt students and alumni killed in World War II on December 6, 1952. The site of civil rights activities; here in 1966 Nashville's Pearl High School won the first desegregated TSSAA basketball . . . — — Map (db m135220) HM |
| On Brick Church Pike at West Trinity Lane (U.S. 431), on the right when traveling south on Brick Church Pike. |
| | Thomas Talbot, Revolutionary War veteran wounded at the Battle of Kings Mountain,
South Carolina, served as sheriff of Washington County and Senate clerk for the State of
Franklin before moving to Nashville in 1789. On this site, he acquired 290 . . . — — Map (db m151762) HM |
| On Third Avenue North at James Robertson Parkway (U.S. 431), on the left when traveling north on Third Avenue North. |
| | Music publishing in Nashville began in 1824 when "The Western Harmony" was published by Allen D. Carden and Samuel J. Rogers. A book of hymns and instruction for singing, it was printed by Carey A. Harris on the press of his newspaper, the Nashville . . . — — Map (db m147736) HM |
| Near Gallatin Pike (U.S. 31E) 0.5 miles north of Briley Parkway (Tennessee Route 155). |
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Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union . . . — — Map (db m146936) HM |
| | The Academic Building at Fisk University was designed by Nashville architect Moses McKissack and was made possible by a gift from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. On May 22, 1908, William H. Taft, later 27th President of the United States, laid the . . . — — Map (db m4511) HM |
| Near Gallatin Pike South (U.S. 31E), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m146957) WM |
| On Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Born Potsdam, Prussia. Came to Nashville 1838. Lived in home on this site. Architect, Engineer & Builder; Designed Univ. of Nash. Main Bldg., Central State Hosp. Main Bldg., Suspension Bridge over Cumberland River. Masonic Leader; Adj. U.S. Army . . . — — Map (db m4512) HM |
| On 9th Avenue South at McGavock Street, on the right when traveling north on 9th Avenue South. |
| | Born here Jan. 1. 1858, a graduate of the Naval Academy in 1879, he commanded the USS Cushing in the War with Spain. In 1917 took command of the Cruiser and Transport Force, US Navy, which convoyed Allied troops to France without the loss of a man. . . . — — Map (db m147503) HM |
| On West End Ave (U.S. 70S) at Orleans Drive, on the right when traveling north on West End Ave. |
| | Regarded as the symbol of dance in her adopted hometown of Nashville, Ellen Albertine Chaiser Maxwell (1902-96) operated the Albertine School of the Dance (1936-80). She had danced with Chicago Opera, Adolf Baum Dance Co., and Ruth St. Denis Dance . . . — — Map (db m24195) HM |
| On 6th Avenue N at Charlotte Avenue on 6th Avenue N. |
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Armed with his rifle and pistol his courage and skill, this one Tennessean silenced a German Battalion of 35 machine guns, killing 25 enemy soldiers, and capturing 132 in the Argonne Forest of France, October 8, 1918
Right side: . . . — — Map (db m86362) HM |
| On Cumberland River Greenway. |
| | Side 1
From prehistory to the present, the Cumberland River has shaped our city. By the early 1800's, the town of Nashville was thriving because of its proximity to this natural water highway.
Goods such as flour, tobacco, pork and iron . . . — — Map (db m107696) HM |
| | Born March 15, 1767 Died June 8, 1845
Seventh President of the United States 1829-1837
Commander of victorious American forces
at Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815
This equestrian statue by Clark Mills was erected by the Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m85487) HM WM |
| | 17th President
of the
United States of America
1865-1869 — — Map (db m85485) HM |
| On West End Avenue (Tennessee Route 1) near 26th Ave, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Anne Dudley played a significant role in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment by the State of Tennessee. A native of Nashville, she served as president of the Nashville Equal Suffrage League, 1911-15; president of the Tennessee Equal . . . — — Map (db m4524) HM |
| On Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd at Morena Street, on the left when traveling north on Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd. |
| | At this site lived Arna W. Bontemps, one of the most prolific contributors to the Harlem or Negro Renaissance. From 1943 to 1965, Bontemps, an award-winning poet, playwright, novelist, biographer, historian, editor, and author of children's books, . . . — — Map (db m4959) HM |
| On 21st Avenue South at Loop Interstate 440, on the right when traveling north on 21st Avenue South. |
| | 500 yards east of here, Maj. Gen. T. J. Wood led an assault by his IV Corps against the Confederate skirmish line on the hill, eventually carrying it. Attacking the main line about 600 yards south, Wood was unable to take it by direct assault, the . . . — — Map (db m52302) HM |
| | (Assumption Church side):
Nashville’s second oldest Catholic church, dedicated Aug. 14, 1859, its rectory on right was added in 1874, school on left in 1879. The present altar, windows, and steeple were added later. The Germantown . . . — — Map (db m4517) HM |
| On Charlotte Avenue just west of YMCA Way, on the left when traveling west. |
| | A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Avon N. Williams, Jr., was an attorney, statewide civil rights leader, politician, educator, and a founder of the Davidson County Independent Political Council and the Tennessee Voters Council. In 1950, as a . . . — — Map (db m147486) HM |
| Near 7th Avenue North north of Harrison Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In the spring of 1862, Nashville became the first Confederate state capital to fall to Union forces. As the Union army took control, it established camps around the State Capitol building, including in this area, one of the most historic places in . . . — — Map (db m160531) HM |
| On Harding Place, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On Dec. 16, 1864, Gen. S.D. Lee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, held this right flank of Hood's defense line which ran south along the crest of this ridge. Violent artillery fire and infantry attacks by the corps of Wood and Steedman failed to dislodge . . . — — Map (db m25651) HM |
| On 21st Ave South (U.S. 431) at Bernard Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 21st Ave South. |
| | Here the outer Federal Defensive line, which stretched 7 mi. around the city, crossed Hillsboro Pike. It was used at the commencement of the battle on Dec. 15 by Wood's IV Corps as a line of departure for the main attack. Faint traces of the old . . . — — Map (db m28420) HM |
| On 21st Ave South at Linden Ave, on the right when traveling north on 21st Ave South. |
| | Using the defensive salient 500 yards east, Wood's Corps, with the XVI Corps on its right, swung southwest to envelop the left of the Confederate line, 1 1/2 miles south, and pushed it back in spite of determined resistance. The XXIII Corps . . . — — Map (db m28423) HM |
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