Historical Markers and War Memorials in Gallatin, Tennessee
Gallatin is the county seat for Sumner County
Gallatin is in Sumner County
Sumner County(135) ► ADJACENT TO SUMNER COUNTY Davidson County(1450) ► Macon County(51) ► Robertson County(39) ► Trousdale County(10) ► Wilson County(76) ► Allen County, Kentucky(17) ► Simpson County, Kentucky(31) ►
Touch name on this list to highlight map location. Touch blue arrow, or on map, to go there.
On Kelvington Boulevard at Baxter Lane, on the left when traveling east on Kelvington Boulevard.
As part of the westward migration of settlers from Fort Nashborough, the Asher family blazed a trail from Bledsoe's Creek through the area now known as Fairvue Plantation and built a stockade called Asher's Station. Savage Indian attacks at the . . . — — Map (db m198951) HM
On South Tunnel Road at Scotty Parker Road, on the right when traveling west on South Tunnel Road.
On August 12, 1862, 2.7 miles north of here, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders, aided by citizens of Gallatin, demolished the Big South Tunnel on the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad by crashing a locomotive into a barrier of . . . — — Map (db m148022) HM
Near Plantation Boulevard at Browns Lane, on the right when traveling east.
From 1882-1908, Fairvue Plantation was owned by Charles Reed who produced a long list of champion racehorses including Sir Francis, Mr. Pickwick, Rossifer and Yorkville Belle. He also purchased the most famous stallion of the time, St. Blaise, an . . . — — Map (db m198973) HM
On Zieglers Fort Road, 0.1 miles north of Cairo Road, on the left when traveling north.
Located 2.6 miles south of here is the Cairo Rosenwald School. Completed in 1923, it provided educational opportunities for African American children until 1959. Funding for the school's construction was provided by the African American community, . . . — — Map (db m178545) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 25) at Cemetery Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
City Cemetery
Located 0.2 miles south, the City Cemetery opened circa 1818 on land acquired from Felix Grundy, who later served as a United States senator from Tennessee. Within it stands one of only two Mexican War monuments in Tennessee. . . . — — Map (db m149358) HM
Near Bledsoe Park Road, 0.2 miles east of Zieglers Fort Road, on the right when traveling east.
Bledsoe Creek State Park borders historic early settlements and houses including Bledsoe's Lick, Cragfont, Wynnewood, and the Avery Trace in what had been an Indian hunting ground. During the Civil War, this prosperous river and railroad hub . . . — — Map (db m180166) HM
On Plantation Boulevard at Chloe Drive, on the right when traveling east on Plantation Boulevard.
“Miss Ellen”, gracious mistress of Fairvue Plantation, was a lifelong preservationist and leader in the restoration of historical homes in Tennessee. Under her stewardship, Fairvue mansion was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. She . . . — — Map (db m198969) HM
On Rozella Way south of Plantation Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Built by Isaac Franklin in 1832, the mansion was considered to be the finest antebellum home in Tennessee. With identical facades facing east and west, the four over four room house has a central hall and double portico in the Ionic style. During . . . — — Map (db m198962) HM
On Plantation Boulevard at Nashville Pike (U.S. 31E), in the median on Plantation Boulevard.
In the early part of the 19th century, Isaac Franklin purchased twelve tracts of adjoining land totaling more than 2000 acres. This land comprised the nucleus of Fairvue Plantation. In 1832, he built Fairvue Mansion, the most elegant antebellum home . . . — — Map (db m198946) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Foster Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. Reported missing.
The oldest church building in Gallatin in continuous existence, this church was organized October 25, 1828. The building was erected in 1836-37 and is an example of early Greek Revival architecture. The sanctuary was used as a hospital for Federal . . . — — Map (db m214582) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) west of South Water Avenue (Old Tennessee Highway 109), on the right when traveling west.
Early in 1861, Gallatin and Sumner County were divided over secession, but after the fall of Fort Sumter, residents voted almost ten to one in favor. Support of the Confederacy never wavered, as Capt. Benjamin S. Nicklin, 13th Battery, Indiana Light . . . — — Map (db m68408) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Foster Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
By an act of the Tennessee General Assembly, Gallatin became the county seat of Sumner County on February 26, 1802, when commissioners sold the first town lots. Newly laid out, the town embraced 42 ½ acres. The site had been purchased from . . . — — Map (db m82971) HM
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) at Belle Breeze Place, on the right when traveling east on Hartsville Pike. Reported missing.
General Griffith Rutherford, surveyor, North Carolina legislator, commander of Revolutionary War forces of Western North Carolina, and President of the Legislative Council of the Southwest Territory from 1794 to statehood, lived 3
miles south of . . . — — Map (db m180027) HM
On Potter Lane at Noah Lane, on the left when traveling north on Potter Lane.
In 1929, a small group of affluent foxhunters and equine enthusiasts purchased six hundred and thirty four acres of land initiating the Southern Grassland Hunt and Racing Foundation in Gallatin, Tennessee. This opened the way for a racecourse . . . — — Map (db m198975) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 25) at College Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
On this site was the campus of Gallatin Female Academy, 1824-36, and Sumner Female Academy, 1837-56. It was leased by the Howard Lodge I. O. O. F. to Howard Female Institute, 1856-74; Neophogen College, 1874-78; and Howard Female College, 1878-1922. . . . — — Map (db m149936) HM
On U.S. 31E, 0.1 miles south of Rogana Road, on the right when traveling south.
Two miles east is "Rogana.” the stone and brick house built in 1800 by Hugh Rogan (1747-1814). An Irish immigrant, Rogan came to Nashborough with the John Donelson party in 1780 and was a signer of the Cumberland Compact. Noted as a surveyor and . . . — — Map (db m151860) HM
On Airport Road east of Steam Plant Road, on the right when traveling north.
This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common undeniable goal - - to valiantly protect our country’s freedoms.
The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and . . . — — Map (db m82972) WM
On Isaac Franklin Drive north of Plantation Way, on the left when traveling north.
Born in Sumner County, Franklin and his business partner John Armfield became wealthy by trading in slaves and cotton. In 1832, he built the mansion at Fairvue Plantation and in 1839 married Adelicia Hayes. They had four children; none survived to . . . — — Map (db m198974) HM
On Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles west of Cragfont Estates Road, on the right when traveling west.
Built c. 1844 by John Fonville
for James B. Jameson
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m178551) HM
On East Main Street at North Hume Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Originally chartered in North Carolina as King Solomon Lodge #52. Gallatin's King Solomon Masonic Lodge #6 received its charter in 1808. As a pioneer lodge, its members and others formed the Grand Lodge of Tennessee on December 27, 1813. — — Map (db m224763) HM
On Plantation Boulevard east of Jacobs Drive, on the right when traveling south.
The purpose of the mare barns was the birthing and nurturing of foals. Originally, the mare barns were fenced to protect the foals from the older horses. When horse racing enthusiast Charles Reed owned Fairvue 1882-1908, he built several mare barns . . . — — Map (db m198953) HM
The Mexican War
Instigated by the U.S. annexation of Texas and the dispute over its southern boundary, the Mexican War of 1846-1848 resulted in the cession of over 500,000 square miles of the territory then owned by Mexico west of Texas and . . . — — Map (db m85159) HM
On South Water Avenue at East Bledsoe Street, on the right when traveling north on South Water Avenue.
A prominent African-American soldier, minister, and educator, Peter Vertrees was born December 16, 1840, in Edmondson County, Kentucky, as Peter Skaggs. At age five he was apprenticed to Jacob Vertrees whose name he assumed. From 1861-1865, he was . . . — — Map (db m149937) HM
On North Water Ave south of West Franklin, on the right when traveling north.
Randy’s Record Shop (1946-1991) was the world’s largest mail-order record company. Founder Randy Wood began advertising his mail-order business in the late 40s on clear channel WLAC in Nashville, a broadcast that could be heard throughout most of . . . — — Map (db m68441) HM
On Cages Bend Road at Douglas Bend Road, on the left when traveling south on Cages Bend Road.
Established in the home of William Dillard during the late 1700s, Rehoboth is the oldest continuing congregation in the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Church. Rehoboth has provided Sumner County with a community-meeting place, voting site, . . . — — Map (db m220961) HM
Near South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south.
This monument marks Rose Mont and pays tribute to Major George Blackmore, father of Catherine Blackmore Guild, wife of Josephus Conn Guild, owner and builder of Rose Mont. Blackmore served in the Revolutionary War from 1777-1781. He came to . . . — — Map (db m68406) HM WM
On South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Avenue.
Catherine Blackmore (1806-1888) and her husband Josephus Conn Guild (1802-1883) built Rose Mont circa 1842 here on their 500-acre plantation. Descendants occupied it until the City of Gallatin acquired the property in 1993. A grove of trees 150 . . . — — Map (db m68404) HM
On South Water Avenue (Old State Highway 109) at James Street, on the right when traveling south on South Water Avenue.
Rosemont, a Greek Revival—style mansion completed in the 1840s, was the home of Judge Josephus Conn Guild, a state senator and representative who also served as a Lt. Colonel in the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Volunteers during the Seminole War. He . . . — — Map (db m68405) HM
This Monument Was erected by the liberality of the Citizens of the County of Sumner to the memory of her Patriotic Sons: who sacrificed their lives in the defense of the Flag of their country in the war with Mexico. In 1846. 1847 & 1848. . . . — — Map (db m85162) WM
On East Main Street east of Water Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Among the first ex-slaves in the Union Army were 200 local volunteers who enlisted here on the Public Square in July, 1863. They became a part of the Thirteenth United States Colored Infantry at Nashville. Two months later the army recruited . . . — — Map (db m68440) HM
On Long Hollow Pike east of Upper Station Camp Creek Road, on the right when traveling east.
This is the home of four brothers who served in the Confederate army, as did many of Sumner County’s young men. Their father, William F. Clark, a Protestant minister, died in 1847 at the age of forty-one, leaving his wife, Emma Douglass Clark, to . . . — — Map (db m82973) WM
On West Main Street, on the left when traveling east.
To those courageous men and women who came to Gallatin in its earliest days, to those who settled here, and to those who later pushed farther westward carrying the American dream all the way to the Pacific.
In honor of Fred A. and Frances Dulin . . . — — Map (db m214580) HM
On Cairo Road, 0.1 miles north of Zieglers Fort Road, on the right when traveling north.
In 1799 James Winchester and William Cage, Jr. purchased 150 acres on the banks of the Cumberland River and here founded the town of Cairo. Four principal streets were laid out. Lots were sold between 1800 and 1820. The County Court met at Cairo . . . — — Map (db m178549) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Locust Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
This was the home of William Trousdale (1790-1872), governor of Tennessee (1849-1851) and U.S. minister to Brazil (1853-1857). During the Union army’s occupation of Gallatin from 1862 to 1870, its commanders regarded former governor Trousdale as the . . . — — Map (db m68416) HM
On West Main Street (Tennessee Route 25) at South Locust Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Built by John Bowen prior to 1820 and purchased in 1822 by William Trousdale, Governor of Tennessee, 1849-1851. He fought in the War of 1812, and the Creek, Seminole, and Mexican Wars, and was brevetted brigadier-general by President Polk in 1848. . . . — — Map (db m68415) HM
On Small Street west of Magnolia Street, in the median.
Completed in 1922 on East Winchester Street, Union High School was Sumner County's first and only secondary school for African-American youth. The African-American community, public, and Rosenwald Funds provided funding for construction. The first . . . — — Map (db m151861) HM
On Tennessee Route 109, on the right when traveling south.
The people of the "Volunteer" State of Tennessee humbly dedicate this structure between the counties of Sumner and Wilson to its valiant sons and daughters who, in times past, having answered the call to Arms, have sacrificed their services and . . . — — Map (db m214581) WM
With the opening of Volunteer State Community College in September 1971, Gallatin's dream of a strong institution of higher education was realized. Acting on the recommendation of Education Commissioner J.H. Warf and Governor Buford Ellington, the . . . — — Map (db m149942) HM
On Hartsville Pike at Zieglers Fort Road (a.k.a.: Brights Lane), on the right when traveling east on Hartsville Pike. Reported missing.
This station was built in 1790 near Bledsoe Creek by Joseph Ziegler to protect early settlers. In 1791, it was attacked by a war party of Creek, Cherokee, and Chickamauga Indians, killing ten persons and taking eighteen prisoners. A forced march was . . . — — Map (db m82974) HM WM
