On East Lafayette Street east of North Highland Avenue (U.S. 45), on the left when traveling east.
Built as a general merchandise store.
1888 W. A. Caldwell purchased the
building, 1928 sold the building to
H. C. Bryant. Except for a brief closing
because of fire the building housed
goods for sale, everything from pots
and pans, . . . — — Map (db m194020) HM
On East Lafayette Street just west of North Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
This structure was built to house a
General Store in the 1840's.
The building suffered some damage due
to fire, weather and war. Several times
it had to be brought back from despair.
1892 - Woods-Moss General Store
Also housed Vaden . . . — — Map (db m194019) HM
On North Liberty Street north of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Started off as a grocery/general
merchandise store, was one of many
raided during the 1860's,
it never closed sold in 1880's.
1880-1900's the Felsenthals operated
as wholesalers-retailers of fine wine,
liquor and cigars in this . . . — — Map (db m193995) HM
On East Lafayette Street west of North Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1845 the R.H. Anderson
family opened a three-story
general store, first to sell gas
cook stoves and indoor toilets
1900 - Gooch-Endenton Hardware
1930-1960's Black & White/
Shainberg's Dept. Store
1958 - Fire destroyed 3rd floor . . . — — Map (db m194025) HM
On East Lafayette Street west of North Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
Like the other buildings on E. Lafayette
113 housed a business on the ground
floor with apartments or sleeping
rooms on the second floor
Some of the businesses located here
over the years: 1890 - Joseph Smith
Salon 1910 - The Toggery Dry . . . — — Map (db m194024) HM
On East Lafayette Street west of North Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
In the early years 115 E. Lafayette housed
grocery stores like J.A. Thompson (1880's)
1916 - Carnahan Bros. Dry Goods
1923 - Moore Style Shop where ladies
purchased their beautiful Sunday hats
1935 - C.N. Whitlow Clothing Store.
1947 - . . . — — Map (db m194022) HM
On North Liberty Street south of East Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south.
First to occupy this building was
I. Rosenthal's Saloon and pool hall.
1894 Bond's Shoe Co., then in
1906 H. Pinkston and T.H. Scruggs
opened a drug store. After hours
the back room was the site for
many a crap throw and game
supper. . . . — — Map (db m193983) HM
On East Lafayette Street at North Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west on East Lafayette Street.
Opened as a general merchandise
store, burned and rebuilt in the
1870's. In 1877 White & Co. sold
plows, beaver hats and fine china.
1884 - Jackson's first telephone
company was housed on the 2nd
floor, 1900 a bowling alley was
at 119, . . . — — Map (db m194003) HM
On North Liberty Street south of East College Street, on the left when traveling south.
In the 1870's H.W. White opened
his cotton office. Many a bale of
cotton was stacked in front of
the building waiting to be shipped
down the Forked Deer River.
1895 - Wisdom-Duke Store
1900 - Jackson Produce, dealers in
wool, fur, . . . — — Map (db m193984) HM
On East Main Street west of North Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
1880's - Hayes Brown and Co.
1890 - Haas Newsstand
1902 - Victoria Pool & Billiard Hall
1912 - Jackson Book and Stationary
From the 1920's there were
assorted businesses.
Furniture stores - Rose in the 1950's
Rainey's in the 1960's . . . — — Map (db m193959) HM
On North Church Street at East College Street, on the right when traveling south on North Church Street.
1869-1880's Feed and seed store. 1887 Jackson
Steam Laundry occupied 215-217. T.F. Miller,
tailor was in 213, he and his family lived upstairs
1905 the area was cleared and 4 buildings were built.
1908 Jackson Floral Company occupied 209, . . . — — Map (db m193988) HM
On East Main Street east of South Liberty Street, on the right when traveling east.
Like many of the buildings
downtown there were offices,
apartments or sleeping rooms
on the second floor
1880`s - Belle Meade Meat Market
1910 - America Express Co.
1930 - Firestone Auto Store
1952 - Jaco's
Now the place for Body Art . . . — — Map (db m193963) HM
On East Baltimore Street at South Church Street, on the right when traveling west on East Baltimore Street.
The first occupant was
a floral shop in 1912
1915 home of 333 Tire
and Battery Shop
1975 Floyd's Schwinn
Cyclery
1980's Hot L Baltimore
Pool Hall
1985 Dixie Castle — — Map (db m193972) HM
On East Main Street west of North Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
At this location there have been law
offices, insurance agents
1890 - Jackson Daily Sun
1910 - Anderson Fruit Market
1950's Perele & Lowenstein Jewelry
1990's Balfour Co. (Did you get your
class ring here?) Taylor Publishing
Fires and . . . — — Map (db m193956) HM
On East Main Street west of South Church Street, on the left when traveling west.
1890's - Lyerla's Bookstore.
1920's - Southern Drug Store.
1950's - Haynes-Weaver with Sweat
Battery Shop in back. 1960's - James Shoe
Hospital with Hughie Ragan's Law Office
in back. 2003 - The winds blew, bruised
but still standing . . . — — Map (db m193966) HM
On East Lafayette Street at North Church Street, on the right when traveling east on East Lafayette Street.
1920's 314 Rose Furniture Co.
Later 1920's Kirby Jones Furniture
1940's 312 Maurice Bldg. Upstairs
West Tennessee Business College,
Jackson Adjustment Bureau,
Tennessee Childrens Home Office, H. M. Owen
General Contractor, J.P. . . . — — Map (db m193990) HM
On South Highland Avenue (U.S. 45) at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on South Highland Avenue.
In June 1862 the Union Army established a headquarters in Jackson. The provost marshal's office located at the court house was the recruiting station for the Union Army. In May 1863, during the Civil War, over 100 African American men from Madison . . . — — Map (db m194031) HM
On U.S. 70/412, 0.2 miles south of Watson Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Coming to Tennessee from his native Virginia about 1807, he was a prominent figure for five terms in the State Senate between 1815 and 1829. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1834, and defeated David Crockett for Congress in 1835. . . . — — Map (db m200255) HM
On S. Highland Ave. (Tennessee Route 5) at E. Baltimore Street, on the right when traveling south on S. Highland Ave..
Monroe Dunaway Anderson
1878 - 1939
Benefactor Of Medicine and Mankind
Born in Jackson at 111 E. Orleans St.
Banker with Peoples Savings Bank
Founding Partner of Anderson, Clayton & Co. in 1904.
Opened Anderson, Clayton's . . . — — Map (db m66755) HM
On South Highland Avenue (U.S. 45) at South Royal Street, on the right when traveling north on South Highland Avenue.
When the Jackson school system organized in 1879, the first black educator and principal hired was Austin Raymond Merry. Professor Merry pioneered the development of the first school for African Americans in Madison County. He established the South . . . — — Map (db m67002) HM
Near Cotton Grove Road, 0.3 miles north of N Parkway East/Paul Coffman Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led his cavalry brigade on a raid through West Tennessee, Dec. 15, 1962-Jan 3, 1863, destroying railroads and severing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's supply line between Columbus, Kentucky, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. Forrest . . . — — Map (db m62189) HM
On Massachusetts Street just south of B Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built by J. M. Bemis, Boston, MA.
Founder of the Bemis Cotton Mill
Design - Old English architecture
Built of materials shipped from Boston
Dedicated as a Union church April 19, 1908
J. B. Young, first manager of Bemis Mill,
served as . . . — — Map (db m156583) HM
On 5th Street at South Massachusetts Street, on the right when traveling east on 5th Street.
Built by J.M. Bemis, founder of
Bemis Brothers Bag Company as a
home for the first manager of
the mill, J.B. Young.
This home was occupied by
members of the Young family until
1961, when it was given to the
Methodist Conference to be . . . — — Map (db m194034) HM
On East Baltimore Street west of South Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
Building constructed in 1880 by Chester G. Bond, Attorney at Law. From 1880-1990 many an attorney owe their careers to the guidance given them at this location. The attorneys shared the space for a few years with insurance agents who took their lead . . . — — Map (db m193973) HM
On Auditorium Street at East Chester Street (U.S. 70), on the left when traveling south on Auditorium Street.
William E. Butler, who served as Surgeon-General to Andrew Jackson in New Orleans, owned a race track located on this block. Jackson and his wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson, attended races here in 1825. In 1843 Dr. Butler donated the site for a school . . . — — Map (db m61153) HM
On Hollywood Drive at Airways Blvd., on the left when traveling north on Hollywood Drive.
Among the Confederate units activated and trained in the staging area which stood here were the 6th Tenn. Infantry (Stephens), 9th Tenn. Infantry (Douglass), 12th Tenn. Infantry (Russell), 13th Tenn. Infantry (Wright), and 15th Tenn. Infantry . . . — — Map (db m61157) HM
On Westover Road (Tennessee Route 8206) at Airways Boulevard (U.S. 70), on the right when traveling south on Westover Road.
(obverse)
The Campbell's Levee Bridge, built by the Vincennes Bridge Company of Vincennes, Indiana, in 1920-21 for the Tennessee Department of Highways and Public Works, once spanned this stream. This bridge was located on the important . . . — — Map (db m61163) HM
Near 45 Bypass (US45) (Tennessee Route 186) south of Casey Jones Lane (far side of parking lot) when traveling south.
Called the "Rockabilly King" and a "Rock 'n' Roll architect", singer-songwriter Carl Perkins was born in Lake County on April 9, 1932. In 1955, he wrote and recorded the celebrated rock 'n' roll classic, "Blue Suede Shoes." A powerful artist, he . . . — — Map (db m82245) HM
On North Liberty Street south of East Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north.
One of Jackson's oldest
buildings. Occupied
before the Civil War,
it was a hardware store
for 35 years. S. S. Kresge
operated a five and dime
store here from 1929
to the late
1950's. — — Map (db m193982) HM
On US 412 (Tennessee Route 20) at Cotton Grove Road, on the right when traveling east on US 412.
In 1819 several families formed the first settlement in what was to be known as Madison County 2.1 miles west on the Cotton Grove Road. Said road was ordered built this same year. In 1821 the first cotton in the county was grown here. A post office . . . — — Map (db m61202) HM
On South Highland Avenue (U.S. 45) at East Baltimore Street, on the right when traveling north on South Highland Avenue.
At this location Frank Ervin Anderson began what was to become the largest cotton trading company in the world, Anderson, Clayton & Co. Frank, his brother-in-law Will Clayton and later his brother M. D. Anderson began their new partnership at . . . — — Map (db m194021) HM
On North Highland Avenue (U.S. 45) south of Pine Tree Drive, on the right when traveling south.
First Presbyterian Church, which was organized in 1823, is Jackson's oldest church. The first church edifice was built in 1832 at Main and Church Street, remaining there for 120 years. In 1952, the church moved to this site. Know as Willow Banks, it . . . — — Map (db m51257) HM
On South Church Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1826, the Reverend Thomas Neely organized Jackson's First Methodist Church. Its first house of worship was built in 1831 on the southeast corner of Church and Chester Streets. During the Civil War, Union forces used the church's 1851 edifice as a . . . — — Map (db m51371) HM
Near Auditorium Street, on the right when traveling east.
Named in 1922 for its first principal, Austin Raymond Merry, (1856-1921) who pioneered its development from the elementary level and operated over three years, at the beginning, without cost to the city. It was moved from Church Street to this . . . — — Map (db m202173) HM
On East College Street, on the left when traveling east.
Born in Chicago in 1949, Gil Scott-Heron moved to Jackson in 1950, which remained his home until he was thirteen years old. In 1962, he was one of three African Americans to desegregate Tigrett Junior High School. That same year, he moved to New . . . — — Map (db m210467) HM
On East Main Street at North Cumberland Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
The original Bus station was located at the corner at Chester and Market (Highland) where the Federal Court House is now. In 1938 the Hubert Owens Const. Co. was hired to build the current bus terminal. Many a person has boarded the bus at this . . . — — Map (db m193953) HM
On Bemis Lane at South Highland Avenue on Bemis Lane.
Side 1 Founded in 1900 by Judson Moss Bemis, president of Bemis Brothers Bag Company. Bemis was a cotton mill town, planned by Albert Farwell Bemis and renowned architects Andrew Hepburn and Arthur Shurcliff. A self-contained town, Bemis . . . — — Map (db m82246) HM
On Interstate 40 at milepost 72,, 4.5 miles east of Providence Road (Tennessee Highway 138), on the right when traveling east.
The devastating Confederate defeats at Fort Donelson and Shiloh early in 1862 paved the way for the Federal occupation of railroad towns including Jackson, Trenton, Henderson, and Grand Junction. Confederate troops evacuated Jackson on June 7, and . . . — — Map (db m229751) HM
On East Lafayette Street at North Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west on East Lafayette Street.
1888 Home of Jackson
Banking Co., Hollands, on the
upper floors tailors, dressmakers,
offices and apartments.
1920's - the Paramount Club was
on the 3rd floor 1947-1973
Holland's expanded, occupying
the 1st floor and basement.
Rental . . . — — Map (db m194001) HM
This is the house where John Luther Jones was living, at the time of his death at the throttle of his engine, “Old 382”, at Vaughan, Miss., April 30, 1900. A folk song has immortalized his name.
"All the switchmen knew by the . . . — — Map (db m52571) HM
On Sycamore Street, 0.1 miles east of Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling east.
This building was constructed by the Illinois Central Railroad circa 1920. It was used as their division headquarters, and as a communications center for the adjacent yards. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m194033) HM
Near North Highland Avenue (U.S. 45) south of Lamar Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Sire of World Grand Champion Black Angel
Sire of World Grand Champion Merry Go Boy
Merry Go Boy was eight times World Champion and two times World Grand Champion
Sire of Merry Walker The Dam
Of two World Grand Champions, Go Boy's Shadow and . . . — — Map (db m57230) HM
Near U.S. 45 Bypass (Tennessee Route 186) near Carriage House Drive when traveling south.
(In Yellow)
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led his cavalry brigade on a raid through West Tennessee, Dec. 15, 1862 - Jan. 3, 1863, destroying railroads and severing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's supply line between Columbus, Kentucky, and Vicksburg, . . . — — Map (db m70959) HM
On South Royal Street, on the right when traveling south.
Here in a grove, Oct. 8, 1840, Andrew Jackson spoke before about 10,000 enthusiastic listeners. Accompanied by James K. Polk and Felix Grundy, he was honor guest at a barbecue. Veterans of the War of 1812, welcomed him upon his second visit. — — Map (db m51373) HM
On State Highway 18, 0.2 miles south of Caldwell Road, on the right when traveling south.
"Sonny Boy" Williamson (1914 - 1948), the music innovator responsible for the acceptance of the harmonica as an authentic blues tool, is buried in old Blair's Chapel CME Cemetery, 5 miles southwest. The most influential blues harmonica player of his . . . — — Map (db m51375) HM
On Hardee Street at Richmond Street, on the left when traveling east on Hardee Street.
Born, ~1864, in Missouri, he spent his youth in Cayce, Ky., whence the nickname, "Casey". An engineer on the Illinois Central RR, he was killed in a wreck at Vaughan, Miss., Apr. 29, 1900. He is buried here. The folksong originally sung by Wallace . . . — — Map (db m51268) HM
On Airways Boulevard (U.S. 70) at Technology Center Drive, in the median on Airways Boulevard.
8 mi. S. lived the notorious bandit and outlaw, born 1804 in Williamson Co. Leader of the “Mystic Clan”, he fomented slave insurrections and terrorized the lower Mississippi valley for years. He died at Pikeville in 1844 after serving a . . . — — Map (db m53145) HM
On Paul Coffman Drive (County Route 8162) at Beech Bluff Road (County Route 198), on the left when traveling south on Paul Coffman Drive.
(obverse)
Home of William Norwood and Bessie Mae Jones
This marker is dedicated in special honor and memory of Mary Ruth daughter and sister 1924 to 2003, who had special love for this home living here until her death. Also . . . — — Map (db m66001)
On Lambuth Boulevard south of Linden Street, on the right when traveling south.
Chartered in 1843 as the Memphis Conference Female Institute by the Memphis Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, its first president was Dr.Lorenzo Lea. It became coeducational and received its present name in 1923. shortly thereafter it moved to . . . — — Map (db m52296) HM
On Lane Avenue east of N. Hays Ave., on the left when traveling east.
Founded, 1882, by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of America, as a high school, under direction of Bishop Isaac Lane, with his daughter as principal. It became Lane Institute in 1883. Its first president, Rev. T. F. Saunders, served from 1887 . . . — — Map (db m61158) HM
On Cotton Grove Road, 0.4 miles north of North Parkway East/Paul Coffman Drive, on the right when traveling north.
It was at this point on December 19, 1862, that Colonel Engelmann (US) ambushed a column of Forrest's Cavalry (CS). They were forced to retreat out of rifle range after suffering a substantial loss. Their artillery was brought up and shelled the . . . — — Map (db m82206) HM
On South Liberty Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Liberty Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between the Civil War and World War II. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism . . . — — Map (db m168751) HM
On U.S. 45 at milepost 11 south of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Born circa 1924 in Jackson, Tennessee, "Big Maybelle" became a powerful Rhythm & Blues Singer. With her emotive delivery, and as one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s, she served as an essential link between raucous 1950s R&B and the soul . . . — — Map (db m137020) HM
On East Main Street at South Highland Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
(North face)
To the Confederate dead of Madison Co.
(West face)
Federal records show they had from first to last two million six hundred thousand men in service, while the Confederates all told had but little over six hundred . . . — — Map (db m169333) WM
On East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
(Side 1)
This fountain is erected by
the surgical dressings workers
of the World War in admiration of
the living and to honor the dead
who answered their country's call.
1917-1918
Rosa Mercer Armstrong Emma Collins Blackard . . . — — Map (db m168781) WM
On Lane Avenue at Royal Street, on the right when traveling east on Lane Avenue.
With the addition of the twelfth grade in 1922 the South Jackson School on Church Street, the city's only secondary school for black youth, was renamed Merry High School in honor of Austin Raymond Merry (1856-1921), the principal who had pioneered . . . — — Map (db m61159) HM
On Highland Avenue (State 5) (U.S. 45) at East Baltimore Street, on the right when traveling south on Highland Avenue (State 5).
(obverse)
Monroe Dunaway Anderson
1873-1939
Monroe Dunaway Anderson is known as the “father” of the Texas Medical Center and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He was born 29 June 1873 on McNairy Hill at . . . — — Map (db m62202) HM
On South Highland Avenue (U.S. 45) at Tanyard Street, on the left when traveling south on South Highland Avenue.
On December 15, 1870, in Jackson, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The first official CME Church, "Mother Liberty," which stood one block west, was . . . — — Map (db m158684) HM
On East College Street at North Church Street, on the left when traveling east on East College Street.
Confederate troops evacuated Jackson on June 7, 1862, after devastating defeats at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. In the afternoon, the 78th Ohio and 30th Illinois Infantry under Union Gen. John McClernand occupied the town. The 700 Federals seized . . . — — Map (db m155290) HM
On Airways Boulevard (U.S. 70) 0.1 miles west of Westover Road (Tennessee Route 8206), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Three-quarters of a mile southeast, on the bank of the Forked Deer River was the little river port of Jackson, at first called Alexandria, from which cotton was shipped on flat-boats and small steamboats to Memphis and New Orleans during the early . . . — — Map (db m61178) HM
Ellis Truett and the Late J. Harry Smith had these concrete busts made about 1954-55. Memphis Concrete Products produced them from molds made by the Memphis Academy of Arts. They weigh 550 lbs. for the male and 500 for the female.
Named Chief . . . — — Map (db m106573) HM
Near Riveside Drive (Tennessee Route 8183) at Bates Street & Sycamore Street, on the left when traveling south.
Established in 1830, many of the region's pioneers are buried here. Included are veterans of all wars from the Revolution to World War II. In two sections lie unnamed Confederate soldiers who participated in the defense of Jackson during the War . . . — — Map (db m51962) HM
Near East Chester St (U.S. 70) at McRee Street, on the right when traveling east.
Dr. Melvin Wright once said while agreeing to help build the Sculpture Bethel, located less than a mile west of this site, "The Black man was left out of the last hundred years of Jackson's history. We will not be left out of the next hundred!" He . . . — — Map (db m175641) HM
On Ashport Road at Cooper Anderson Road, on the right when traveling east on Ashport Road.
Here on a bitterly cold morning of December 19,1862, while General N.B. Forrest (C.S.A.) fought at Salem Cemetery seven miles southeast, Colonel G.G. Dibrell's 8th Tennessee Cavalry regiment was sent to interrupt Federal reinforcement from the . . . — — Map (db m36394) HM
On Cotton Grove Road, 0.3 miles north of Paul Coffman Drive/North Parkway E, on the left when traveling north.
Here on December 19,1862, Confederate forces under the command of Gen. Nathan B. Forrest fought Union forces commanded by Colonel Adolph Engelmann. After a cavalry charge was repulsed, the Confederate artillery forced the retreat of the Federals, . . . — — Map (db m62188) HM
On South Royal Street south of Oconnor Street, on the left when traveling south.
Thousands visited this artesian well in the early 1900s to drink its mineral water believed to cure stomach, liver and kidney ailments. It and the adjacent Water Plant, built in 1885, were part of 54 acre Lancaster Park which also included a zoo, a . . . — — Map (db m51374) HM
Conceived by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Pigford, the Jackson Memorial Carillon was erected by members of the First Presbyterian Church and citizens of Jackson and Madison County
in honor of those who served their country in the two world conflicts, . . . — — Map (db m168911) HM WM
And owned and used by Augustin P. Libscomb and son, Henry C. (Grandparents of Mrs. F.H. Thomas) (1843-1902) 59 years.
and F.H. "Feak" Thomas and son, John R. (1902-1973) 71 years
Before it was sold to Dr. George Edwards in 1973
Who donated it . . . — — Map (db m106574) HM
On Pleasant Plains Extension at Country Club Lane, on the right when traveling north on Pleasant Plains Extension.
Union University is an heir of West Tennessee College, chartered in 1844; its predecessor, Jackson Male Academy established in 1823: and Union University, a Baptist College at Murfreesboro chartered in 1842. In 1873, the colleges merged in Jackson . . . — — Map (db m168923) HM
This unknown sentry stands guard over hallow ground in honor to the brave American soldiers who fought and breathed their last in mortal battle Dec. 19, 1862. Sponsored by Salem Cemetery Battlefield Assn. and the family of Civil War vet., Pvt. Smith . . . — — Map (db m74873) WM
On this site stood Willow Banks, the 1824 home of William H. Stephens, prominent attorney, banker and colonel of the 6th Tennessee Infantry, CSA. A new home on the site, Chevy Chase, was built in 1915 by Clarence Pigford and donated to the First . . . — — Map (db m168904) HM
On East Main Street at South Liberty Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Originally located on the sidewalk near the northeast corner of Courthouse Square, this drinking fountain was made by the J. L. Mott Iron Factory of New York. It was given in 1922 to the citizens of Madison County by the Surgical Dressings Workers . . . — — Map (db m168779) HM
