Historical Markers and War Memorials in Paris, Tennessee
Paris is the county seat for Henry County
Paris is in Henry County
Henry County(28) ► ADJACENT TO HENRY COUNTY Benton County(21) ► Carroll County(31) ► Stewart County(91) ► Weakley County(6) ► Calloway County, Kentucky(22) ► Graves County, Kentucky(17) ►
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On Wood Street (Tennessee Route 54) 0.1 miles east of Crutchfield Lane, on the left when traveling west.
On this ridge on March 11, 1862, 450 Confederate troops under the command of Major H. Clay King, 1st Kentucky Battalion, Cavalry, and Stack's and McCutchan's unattached Tennessee Companies were attacked by Federal troops from Fort Henry. 20 . . . — — Map (db m52841) HM
On East Ruff Street just south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
David Jackson was a famous Rocky Mountain fur trader, explorer, businessperson, and namesake for Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the Teton region. During the War of 1812, he served as an Ensign in Ohio. In January 1837 Jackson traveled to Paris, . . . — — Map (db m142326) HM
On West Wood Street (Tennessee Route 69) at South Market Street (U.S. 641), on the left when traveling west on West Wood Street.
Singer, evangelist and educator Dr. Bobby Jones popularized African-American gospel music on cable television. He became known as the "Ed Sullivan of Gospel Music." His Black Entertainment Television (BET) show, "Bobby Jones Gospel," ran from 1980 . . . — — Map (db m179617) HM
The E. W. Grove-Henry County High School was one of Tennessee's first privately-endowed public high schools. Chattanooga architect Reuben Harrison Hunt designed Grove Tower, the school's first building. The cornerstone, laid on June 26, 1906, . . . — — Map (db m155862) HM
Near East Ruff Street east of North Brewer Street, on the right when traveling east.
Born in Hardeman County, E.W. Grove came to Paris, Tennessee, in 1874 as a pharmacist. He developed in 1878 Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic, which was sold worldwide through the Paris Medicine Company, as a malaria treatment and preventative. By 1891, . . . — — Map (db m108997) HM
On South Market Street at West Blythe Street, on the right when traveling north on South Market Street.
First congregation formed in the 1820s on Market Street
Worshipped in building on Poplar Street 1866 - 1913
First Sunday school class formed by J.S. Brown in 1860
First vacation bible school in Paris — 1890
Worshipped in Circuit . . . — — Map (db m155870) HM
Near Paris Landing Marina Drive, on the left when traveling east.
On October 28, 1864, General Nathan Bedford Forrest, C.S.A., began his famous Johnsonville Raid by placing masked batteries on the banks of the Tennessee River here at Paris Landing and about five miles north at abandoned Fort Heiman. With the use . . . — — Map (db m81946) HM
On Dunlap Street, on the right when traveling north.
The home of James D. Porter,
Tennessee Governor 1875-79, was
designed by and built for Thomas
Wall Crawford in 1848, later owned
by the Dunlap family, and inherited by Porters wife, Susanna, in
1887. After many years of public
service, . . . — — Map (db m155864) HM
On Dunlap Street, 0.1 miles south of West Dale Street, on the left when traveling south.
Tom C. Rye was born in Camden on June 2, 1863. He moved to Paris, Tennessee in 1902, where he was elected attorney general of the 13th Judicial District. Rye was governor of Tennessee, 1915-1919. He supported prohibition and the Ouster Law, which . . . — — Map (db m155827) HM
On West Washington Street at North Poplar Street, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Street.
Built in 1896 — West Tennessee's oldest working courthouse
Court-first held in Peter Wall's home in 1821. A log courthouse built in Clifty 1823. Two story brick courthouse erected on this land in 1825 and replaced in 1852.
The . . . — — Map (db m155871) HM
On Wood Street (U.S. 79) at North Poplar Street, on the right when traveling east on Wood Street.
(Front):
Henry County Courthouse
This Courthouse was designed by Reuben Harrison Hunt of Chattanooga and built by Ed M. Wallen of New Decatur, Alabama, in 1896. It is the third courthouse on this site and is one of West Tennessee's . . . — — Map (db m81947) HM
On East Ruff Street east of North Brewer Street, on the right when traveling east.
Born near here Dec. 17,1828. Member, General Assembly of 1859, later served the Confederacy as Chief of Staff to Gen. B.P. Cheatham. Member, Constitutional Convention of 1870. Governor, 1875-79; president N.C. & St. L. RR, 1880-1884. Assistant . . . — — Map (db m108999) HM
On East Ruff Street south of Church Street, on the left when traveling south.
Born in Henry County, J.D.C. Atkins was a member, Tenn. General Assembly, 1849-53 and 1855-57; U.S. Congressman, 1857-59 and 1873-83; Lt. Col., 5th TN Infantry, CSA. 1861; Rep., Confederate Congress, 1861-65; co-founder, Paris Intelligencer, 1867; . . . — — Map (db m108998) HM
From 1837 to 1841, John W. Crockett, the son of David Crockett, represented the same congressional district as his father, after the legendary frontiersman died at the Alamo in 1836. He married Martha Hamilton in 1828 and practiced law in Paris. . . . — — Map (db m109045) HM
On Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east.
Built by Barton Lasater in 1920. Purchased 1923 by Sidney Mandle, owner of Kentucky/Tennessee Clay Company. Bricks made in Puryear from Henry County clay. Remodeled and expanded in 1933 to a Colonial design with Georgian Revival influence . . . — — Map (db m155866) HM
On East Ruff Street, on the right when traveling north.
Wrought iron section removed
from
the original court house lawn in 1894
and installed on the Ruff Street side
North, east and south sides
installed in 1972
Wrought iron section completed 1999
Funded by
Paris City Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m155873) HM
On Lee Street at Crawford Street, on the left when traveling north on Lee Street.
This historic site was dedicated to education in 1825 by the founding citizens of Paris and Henry County. It was the Paris Male Academy, a private school, until 1881, when public education began as the Paris City School. Around 1906 the building . . . — — Map (db m155913) HM
"Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty of public responsibility. It must not be denied them.”
Dr. W. Mordecai Johnson,
Educator, . . . — — Map (db m109044)
