On East Main Street east of Wall Street, on the right when traveling east.
Passing along East Main Street, under the line of maple trees adorning the highway, one comes to a street known as Fairground Drive. In the early twentieth century it was a part of the northern loop of a race track extending to the hills on the . . . — — Map (db m205500) HM
On Thompson Street at Mill Street (W. Court Square Street), on the right when traveling west on Thompson Street.
On November 4, 1864, Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate cavalry attacked and destroyed the river port of Johnsonville located ten miles west of here on the Tennessee River. Union losses included four gunboats, fourteen steamboats, . . . — — Map (db m52611) HM
Preserved here for future generations is the original bell installed in the County Court House erected on this public square in 1899. This bell may have existed in the earlier court houses erected here in 1836 and 1878 both of which were destroyed . . . — — Map (db m74382) HM
On South Church Street (SR 13) at Fort Hill Road on South Church Street (SR 13).
Five hundred yards north is a Federal Civil War earthen fort constructed by the 12th and 13th U.S. Colored Infantry to protect the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad. The 1st Kansas Artillery was stationed there. The railroad from Johnsonville to . . . — — Map (db m74384) HM
Near Fort Hill Road, 0.2 miles South Church Street (Tennessee Route 13), on the right when traveling east.
The earthen fort in front of you, known as Fort Hill, was the headquarters of the 13th U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), led by Col. John A. Hottenstein, from the fall of 1863 to the end of the war. The fort defended the army-operated railroad that ran . . . — — Map (db m82963) HM
On Fort Hill Road north of Hillood Drive, on the left.
Building a Fort
Specialized units, called pioneers, were used to construct the fort. They first cleared the land to prepare for construction. Following instructions of engineer officers, these soldiers used a variety of construction . . . — — Map (db m183611) HM
On North Church Street (Tennessee Route 13) at West Duffle Street, on the right when traveling south on North Church Street.
From its opening in 1939, the Dixteland was Waverly's most famous hostelry and dining establishment. Duncan Hines, a noted travel-guide author, recommended Hotel Dixieland in his books, quoting its slogan, “Where hospitality is religion and chicken . . . — — Map (db m192697) HM
Established October 19, 1809; Named in honor of Parry W. Humphreys, Judge, Superior Court of Law and Equity, 1807-09; Circuit Judge, Fifth District, Law and Equity, 1809-12 and 1818-36. Member of Congress, 1813-1815. — — Map (db m74380) HM
On East Court Square (Tennessee Route 13) at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on East Court Square.
[Center]
Dedicated in grateful tribute
to the honor and sacrifice
of those citizens of
Humphreys County who
gave their lives
in service to their country
December 7, 1976
[Left wing]
World War I
Allison, Joseph P. . . . — — Map (db m192700) WM
On Richland Avenue (Tennessee Route 13) at Porch Reed Road, on the right when traveling south on Richland Avenue.
In 1915, the Humphreys County Board of Education acquired five acres of land, including this site, from the City of Waverly to construct a grammar school for African Americans. Waverly Colored Elementary School was re-named Porch-Reed School in . . . — — Map (db m176892) HM
On South Church Street (Tennessee Route 13) at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Church Street.
Six miles northwest, where Dry Creek enters the Tennessee River, this town was first settled from 1800 to 1805. In 1812, it became the county seat of Humphreys County, with the first court meeting in the home of Samuel Parker on Trace Creek. The . . . — — Map (db m52587) HM
Near Fort Hill Road, 0.2 miles east of South Church Street (Tennessee Route 13).
In 1922 Archibald D. Butterfield bought this
hilltop land and built an eighteen-room Colonial
Revival mansion, and transformed the adjacent
Civil War fort into a rustic garden. Butterfield
died in 1926, and a series of occupants have
owned the . . . — — Map (db m205487) HM
On North Church Street (Tennessee Route 13) at East Wyly Street, on the right when traveling north on North Church Street.
Waverly attorney Hugh McAdoo built the
McAdoo House built circa 1878. At the time
he served as Speaker of the Tennessee State
Senate, having first been elected in 1877,
immediately after having served four years in
the House of Representatives. . . . — — Map (db m205485) HM
On East Railroad Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Richland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
February 24, 1978 at 2:55 p.m., two days after the derailment of twenty-four cars of the L&N railroad, a tanker containing 20,000 gallons of propane gas exploded. The resulting destruction of homes and businesses seems insignificant when measured . . . — — Map (db m156579) HM
On East Railroad Street just west of Richland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
On February 24, 1978, two days after a Louisville and Nashville train wrecked on this site, workmen were cleaning up when 22,000 pounds of liquid propane fuel from a derailed tanker car ignited and caused a massive explosion. The blast and resulting . . . — — Map (db m156578) HM
Near Fort Hill Road, 0.2 miles east of South Church Street (Tennessee Route 13), on the right when traveling east.
Fort Waverly was built by Union troops between 1863 and 1864. It protected a newly completed railroad line that connected the important Union supply depot on the Tennessee River in Johnsonville with Federally held Nashville. Confederate guerillas . . . — — Map (db m68920) HM
