On 5th Avenue North at Madison Street, on the right when traveling north on 5th Avenue North.
Germantown was home to many 19th-cen. European immigrants who brought their trade skills to Nashville, including brewing. By 1865 Germantown was home to 4 breweries: North Nashville Brewery (C. Kreig); Rock City Brewery (F. Kuhn); Cumberland Brewery . . . — — Map (db m163414) HM
Assumption Church
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 neighborhood grew . . . — — Map (db m4517) HM
On Monroe Street east of 7th Avenue North, on the left when traveling east.
Women from the Methodist Training School founded Warioto Settlement House in 1908. Renamed Centenary Methodist Institute, CMI moved to this location by 1921. CMI worked with rural migrant families in the North Nashville area called Kalb Hollow, . . . — — Map (db m147773) HM
Near 5th Avenue North, 0.1 miles south of Hume Street, on the left when traveling south.
Filling a jug with sulfur water from the trough in Morgan Park was a once popular activity, as W.T. Gatlin, age 80, shows in this 1946 photo.
The healing mineral water was believed to promote longevity, cure hangovers, repel rats, and was used as . . . — — Map (db m242726) HM
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
On Rosa L Parks Boulevard (Alternate U.S. 41) at Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north on Rosa L Parks Boulevard.
Pictured: George Green (L), son of Nathan "Nearest"
Green and Jack Daniel (R). Nearest taught Jack
Daniel how to make whiskey. Nearest was the first
Master Distiller for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
and the first African-American Master . . . — — Map (db m197855) HM
On Jefferson Steet near 6th Avenue North, on the right when traveling west.
European immigrants established 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 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
In 1909, the eight-year-old Nashville Park Board purchased Frederick Laitenberger's German beer garden to provide a park for the working-class neighborhood surrounding the Warioto Cotton Mills and the Morgan-Hamilton Bag Company (later the . . . — — Map (db m242729) HM
On 5th Avenue North south of Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north.
In 1842, 18-year-old George H. Ratterman arrived in Nashville from Hanover (present-day Germany). He became a successful merchant and built his residence on North Summer Street (now 1215 Fifth Ave. North). Circa 1870, he erected this row of two . . . — — Map (db m242704) HM
On 5th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north.
The Tennessee State Capitol building, a National Historic Landmark, was designed by renowned architect William Strickland (who also designed the National Historic Landmark First Presbyterian Church at 5th Ave and Church St in Downtown) and . . . — — Map (db m224772) HM
On Bedford Lane east of Kenney Drive, on the left when traveling north.
The land that is now Bedford Plantation subdivision was once part of 640 acres owned by Julian Bedford (1825-1879), and Virginia R. Kenney
Bedford (1830-1916), who settled in 1851 at what was
to be known as the Bailey Station community.
They . . . — — Map (db m149053) HM
Near West Street south of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling north.
Although in 1860, Germantown numbered fewer than 300 people, almost every able-bodied man—85 of them—enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861. They formed the Shelby Grays and were designated Co. A, 4th Tennessee Infantry. The regiment, . . . — — Map (db m162731) HM
On Arthur Road south of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling south.
This is the only Germantown church to survive the war, while the town suffered because of its strategic location on the Memphis & Charlestown Railroad. Many male members of the congregation joined the 4th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), while others . . . — — Map (db m121840) HM
On Plantation Circle at Deep Valley Drive, in the median on Plantation Circle.
In 1825, Scottish-born Frances Wright purchased 1,940 acres of land on this site to establish a utopian colony called Nashoba, an experiment to end slavery. General Lafayette, the French Revolutionary War hero, her host on her voyage to America and . . . — — Map (db m200775) HM
On South Germantown Road just north of North Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Organized circa 1836 as New Hope Baptist Church. Ground given in 1841 by Wilks Brooks, whose family was active in life of the Church for many years. Original building was burned in 1862 when Federal forces had command of community. Present building . . . — — Map (db m162738) HM
On McVay Road close to Second Street, on the right when traveling north.
Founded by Germantown Methodist Episcopal Church on land bought in 1840 from George P. and Nicey B. Shepherd, early subdividers of the village, this cemetery served the whole community for 125 years. A stone fragment dated 1843 marks the earliest . . . — — Map (db m84552) HM
On South Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) at Southern Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Germantown Road.
The Germantown Depot, shown in 1927, was constructed in 1858. It served as a passenger station between Memphis and Williston, Tennessee. The depot was also a shipping center and a floral distribution point. The depot burned in 1947 and was rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m200824) HM
On South Germantown Road at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Germantown Road.
The City began in 1833 as the hamlet of Pea Ridge, was renamed Germantown in 1836 and incorporated in 1841. The City of Germantown now includes the site of historic Nashoba Plantation. Union troops occupied the town during the Civil War. Yellow . . . — — Map (db m74837) HM
On South Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) south of Southern Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The office of Dr. John Grundy Seay and Glenn's Grocery were side by side, prior to this site becoming the Germantown Commissary.
Visit www.ghpatn.org to learn more about Germantown history. — — Map (db m200830) HM
Near Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) 0.4 miles north of Farmington Road.
One of the oldest surviving brick residences in Shelby County, the John Gray House, built prior to 1851, is a rare example of a Federal Period hall and parlor plan, middle-class farmhouse. Originally located in Morning Sun, near Eads, it was moved . . . — — Map (db m83728) HM
On Southern Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Poplar Pike, on the right when traveling west.
Land near the present church site was provided to New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church by Mrs. Florida Thompson, a member of a prominent white family of Germantown. The land was made available for a church structure, known then as a brush arbor, . . . — — Map (db m143164) HM
On C.D. Smith Road, 0.3 miles west of Hacks Cross Road, on the right when traveling west.
During the Civil War, the railroad in front of you was the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. Union forces occupied the area soon after the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh and the capture of Memphis on June 6. they used the railroad to transport troops and . . . — — Map (db m107968) HM
On South Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) at Dogwood Road, on the right when traveling south on South Germantown Road.
S.A. Oakley established his mercantile and grocery store at the intersection of Germantown Road and Dogwood Road in 1938. Oakley sold hardware, canned goods, feed, kerosene and candy. After Oakley's death in 1941, his son Minor Oakley operated the . . . — — Map (db m200826) HM
Near South Germantown Road (Tennessee Route 177) south of Southern Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
A Southern Railway engine making a stop at the Germantown Depot in 1915. Southern Railway operated along these tracks between 1894 and 1990. This Depot served as an office for the Railway Express Agency (REA). It was destroyed by fire in the late . . . — — Map (db m200834) HM
Near South Germantown Road at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1861, Germantown was divided between secessionists and unionists until the news of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln’s call for volunteers tilted the balance in favor of secession. Germantown women announced on April 26, “We…offer . . . — — Map (db m82844) HM
On Holly Tree Drive at Grand Oak Drive, on the right when traveling south on Holly Tree Drive.
This was the site of a Civil War earthwork redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The fort is thought to have been built in June 1863 by the 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment and used . . . — — Map (db m74839) HM
Near Forest Hill Irene Road, 0.6 miles south of Crestwyn Hills Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Dedicated
to those men of the
First Marine Division, FMF
who gave their lives
in the service of
their country
World War II • Korea • Vietnam
Southwest Asia — — Map (db m200770) WM
On Poplar Pike at Southern Avenue when traveling west on Poplar Pike.
The house was built in 1854 on Wm. Carter's land. Its 493 acres were subdivided in 1872. In 1918 Fritz Hussy and Mamie Cloyes owned and named 20 acres Oaklawn Garden. Harry and Becky Cloyes established a botanical garden and museum of historic . . . — — Map (db m76905) HM