State-supported education took a giant step forward with the founding of five colleges, mainly "normal schools" for teacher education.
They became state universities. Although prized distilleries and breweries had operated for decades, prohibition . . . — — Map (db m216164) HM
Music publishing in Nashville began in 1824 when "The Western Harmony" was published by Allen D. Carden and Samuel J. Rogers. A book of hymns and instruction for singing, it was printed by Carey A. Harris on the press of his newspaper, the Nashville . . . — — Map (db m147736) HM
In 1922, 16 poets and critics, many from Vanderbilt University, began issuing their poetry magazine, The Fugitive. Donald Davidson, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren went on to write essays for the Agrarian manifesto, . . . — — Map (db m216737) HM
Nashville is known as "Music City," but the entire state has contributed enormously to internationally recognized American Music that speaks across cultures. Source: Based on information supplied by the Country Music Foundation Library and Media . . . — — Map (db m213047) HM
In 1956, Elvis Presley had his first #1 hits: "I Forgot to Remember to Forget"
on the country chart, and a week later 'Heartbreak Hotel," written by Tennessean
Mae Axton, on the pop chart. — — Map (db m218672) HM
Music was a special aspect of the Centennial
Exposition. Features such as the Fisk
Jubilee Singers, a large pipe organ, bands,
and orchestras filled the structures and
the surrounding air with sounds befitting
Tennessee's extraordinary musical . . . — — Map (db m206489) HM
Stax Records, Inc., with artists Otis Redding, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, and Albert King, made the Memphis Sound" famous worldwide. — — Map (db m218801) HM
Serving as the northern anchor of Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, the Court of Three Stars celebrates the musical heritage of Tennessee. From Memphis to Knoxville, Tennesseans have produced a variety of popular singers and songwriters that . . . — — Map (db m207822) HM
In the three grand divisions of the state, civil rights struggles over education, eating facilities, and voting rights mirrored the nation. Olympian Wilma Rudolph and music icon Elvis Presley captured America's attention. Tennessee city dwellers for . . . — — Map (db m218671) HM
In 1937, Nashville sculptor William Edmondson was the first African American to have a one man show at New York's Museum of Modern Art. — — Map (db m218454) HM
The Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival has celebrated the musical heritage of Jefferson Street since 2001. The event showcases Nashville's finest jazz and blues musicians and draws thousands of visitors from throughout the country. The weekend . . . — — Map (db m208819) HM
Beginning in October 1964, the sounds of Jefferson Street were spread by a nationally syndicated television program that reached by beyond Nashville. Five years before Chicago's popular 'Soul Train' program, Nashville's own 'Night Train' exposed . . . — — Map (db m207831) HM
Bullet Records began in 1946 as one of Nashville's first independent record labels. Bullet Plastics opened in 1947, pressing records for the label. The ownership and name changed in the 1950s to Southern Plastics, and the company moved from Broadway . . . — — Map (db m242706) HM
Born in Memphis, Tennessee to John and Lela Ellis Bradley on
October 5, 1919, John Robert Lee Bradley was known as "Mr.
Baptist". A protégé of Luci E. Campbell, the National Baptist
Convention's, U. S. A., Inc., Music Director and pioneering . . . — — Map (db m193439) HM
When photographer and art collector Alfred Stieglitz passed away in 1946, his wife, artist Georgia O'Keeffe, arranged the transfer of 97 works from his collection to Fisk University. The selection included works by such noted artists as Paul . . . — — Map (db m214510) HM
Less than five years after its creation, Fisk University was struggling finically. So, in 1871 the school sent a nine-member student chorus on a fundraising tour of the northeastern United States. However, small audiences, meager donations, and the . . . — — Map (db m214508) HM
William Edmondson, a native Nashvillian and renowned primitive sculptor, worked exclusively in limestone. In 1937, he became the first African-American to be given a one-man show by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His visions in stone are . . . — — Map (db m151599) HM
Regarded as the symbol of dance in her adopted hometown of Nashville, Ellen Albertine Chaiser Maxwell (1902-96) operated the Albertine School of the Dance (1936-80). She had danced with Chicago Opera, Adolf Baum Dance Co., and Ruth St. Denis Dance . . . — — Map (db m24195) HM
Country singer, songwriter and entertainer Little David Wilkins scored 17 country hits as a performer, mostly in the 1970s, his composition, "Coming on Strong" was a No. 11 pop hit for Brenda Lee in 1966, and he wrote songs for artists as diverse as . . . — — Map (db m205317) HM
Darrin Vincent, with Jamie Dailey, leads one of the most popular bands in contemporary American music, embracing bluegrass, country and gospel. Steeped in tradition, they bring versatility, comedy and a broad selection of newly composed songs to . . . — — Map (db m224769) HM
Country music star Craig Morgan is a Grand Ole Opry member who scored his first No. 1 hit in 2005 with "That's What I Love About Sunday." An Army veteran, he has played many overseas shows for service members and their families and has consistently . . . — — Map (db m221757) HM
The first hit song recorded in Nashville was Francis Craig's "Near You." It became one of the most successful pop records of the pre-rock 'n' roll era. Craig, the Hermitage Hotel's house orchestra leader for 20 years, recorded "Near You" for . . . — — Map (db m221853) HM
Country music singer and songwriter John Rich was a member of Lonestar before forming Big & Rich. He has also been a solo artist, radio and television host, and entrepreneur. Outside of music, he has been active in politics and philanthropy. He . . . — — Map (db m221855) HM
Minglewood was a logging town located west of Dyersburg near the Obion River. Although the town no longer exists, its memory continues through the music of Noah Lewis. Lewis wrote “The
Minglewood Blues,” recorded in 1928 with his band “Gus Cannon . . . — — Map (db m221782) HM
Born in Rossville on January 12, 1904, Fred McDowell was one of America's eminent blues artists. His work, rooted in the Delta blues tradition, won him international fame. Of his unique bottleneck guitar style he said: "I make the guitar say what I . . . — — Map (db m19310) HM
At this site stands Saints Rest, among the three oldest remaining houses in Sewanee. Erected in 1870 by Charlotte Bull Barnwell Elliott, widow of a founding Episcopal bishop from Georgia, Stephen Elliott, it was part of the postwar revival of the . . . — — Map (db m153775) HM
The Smile Billiard and Drinking Saloon was on this site in the 1860s. Frank Earle Miller, a black barber, was proprietor of the Solid Comfort Shaving Parlor here from the 1880s to 1898. He also played with Winchester's quite popular Miller . . . — — Map (db m172421) HM
During his solo career, Mike Farris has crossed between rock, blues, soul and gospel to bring a current sensibility to traditional Southern music. He was honored at the 2008 Americana Music Awards as New/Emerging Artist of the Year Award, and, . . . — — Map (db m207183) HM
Giles County natives Donald G. Davidson and John C. Ransom were influential personages in American literature. Professors at Vanderbilt University, they helped found The Fugitive (1922~25), a magazine which launched the "Southern literary . . . — — Map (db m29807) HM
James M. McCallum was born in Roberson County, North Carolina in 1806. At an early age his family moved to Giles County where he eventually studied law and opened an active practice in Pulaski.
In 1842 McCallum was elected Clerk and Master of the . . . — — Map (db m151142) HM
Located on the corner of Main and Summer Streets is the mural of President Andrew Johnson looking out of a window of his Land Office building. He is wearing his Masonic uniform and the Masonic Lodge was located inside a building on this site. . . . — — Map (db m109303) HM
This silhouette created by local artist, Joe Kilday, on the side of a Summer Street building depicts the arrival of youthful future President Andrew Johnson leading a blind pony which pulled a small wagon. The young girl, Eliza McCardle, is shown . . . — — Map (db m109311) HM
Here from 1822-1824 Lundy, a Quaker, published the "Genius of Universal Emancipation," a small monthly paper devoted exclusively to the abolition of slavery. While here he also published a weekly paper, the "Economist and Political Recorder." After . . . — — Map (db m23121) HM
Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry are siblings living in Greeneville, Tennessee, who have made records as The Band Perry since 2005. They began their recording career in country music, switching to pop and country-influenced rock in 2016.
Kimberly . . . — — Map (db m158149) HM
Funded by Nettie Fowler McCormick, this building was designed by the most famous architect of the time, Louis H. Sullivan. Virginia Hall was originally designed as a women's dormitory and was Tusculum's first modern building with baths, fire escapes . . . — — Map (db m142732) HM
Described as "Tennessee's foremost woman writer of fiction." she used the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock for over thirty years. The Tennessee mountains and the Civil War were used as the settings for her novels and short stories, and she gathered . . . — — Map (db m25915) HM
The Dawn Redwood trees (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) found here are some of the oldest known trees in the world. The species has been found in fossils dating back 100 million years ago and was once native to most of North America. It was thought to . . . — — Map (db m231157) HM
The Hunter Museum is composed of three buildings representing 100 years of architecture. Each building reflects the tastes and the technology of the time when it was created.
Like the diverse artwork inside the Hunter, each building has the . . . — — Map (db m177529) HM
Hamilton County
created October 25, 1819, named for
Alexander Hamilton
born January 11, 1757; died July 12 1804. Aide de Camp to
Gen. Washington at twenty: member of Continental Congress at
twenty-five; captain in Revolutionary War; a leader in . . . — — Map (db m150512) HM
Born in Chattanooga to black parents, her great talent and determination earned her the title "Empress of the Blues." Death came in a tragic automobile accident in Clarksdale, Miss. In her memory, Columbia Records erected a tombstone with the . . . — — Map (db m13895) HM
For sixty-one years the Martin Hotel was located at this site. Established in 1924 by Robert Martin with 50 rooms it became the largest African-American hotel in the South. Many celebrities and entertainers such as: Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, . . . — — Map (db m15648) HM
One of the most influential and significant groups in African-American music, The Impressions founding
members included Chattanooga residents Arthur Brooks, Fred Cash, Richard Brooks and Sam Gooden. Their
hits from the 1960s and 1970s bridged . . . — — Map (db m167721) HM
Written in 1941 as a song for “Sun Valley Serenade” — the movie debut of Big Band leader Glenn Miller — “Chattanooga Choo-Choo” became a top-selling pop hit during the early
years of World War II. It spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the pop charts and . . . — — Map (db m167719) HM
Tenor Roland Hayes received his first musical training in the choir of Monumental Baptist Church, Chattanooga. He went on to become a principal soloist with the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and to sing classical music and spirituals in concerts throughout . . . — — Map (db m166367) HM
Drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland played on all of Carl Perkins' Sun Records recordings before becoming Johnny Cash's only drummer, working with him for 37 years.
Born in Saltillo, Tennessee, on April 22, 1935, Holland left in 1948. His father . . . — — Map (db m157488) HM
Country music singer Darryl Worley scored three No. 1 hits between 2002 and 2005. Hailed as a traditionalist, Worley puts a contemporary gloss on classic country. His songs address everyday themes and are rooted in long held values.
Born in . . . — — Map (db m245186) HM
Comedian, singer, painter, golfer, television host, scriptwriter, businessman and raconteur Archi Campbell is principally remembered for his roles on the long-running television series , "Hee Haw". One of his comedic trademarks was spoonerisms, . . . — — Map (db m179404) HM
Site of the Opera House where for many years the famous and not so famous of their day performed. Notable among their number were John Phillip Sousa's band and W. C. Handy. The three-story building was destroyed by fire in December, 1931. — — Map (db m194088) HM
Born in Brownsville, TN, Jan. 9, 1900, the son of Wesley and Nell Halliburton. Moved to Memphis at an early age. Came back to Brownsville many times to visit family and friends. Graduated from Princeton 1921. Set out on a world tour, the results his . . . — — Map (db m194158) HM
Built in 1910 with $7500 donated by Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, this building served as the county library for 82 years. In 1957 it became the Brownsville-Haywood County Library, part of Tennessee's regional . . . — — Map (db m194129) HM
Murray Franklin “Buddy” Cannon, born in Lexington, Tennessee, on April 20, 1947, is a Nashville-based songwriter, record producer, music publisher, and former record company A&R (artists and repertoire) executive. He ranks among the most . . . — — Map (db m156581) HM
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
Goodrich, one mile west, once a furnace town producing pig iron from ore from Nunnelly mines, was the birthplace of Beth Slater Whitson, writer of poems, stories, and songs. Her best known song lyrics were “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland” . . . — — Map (db m156539) HM
An outstanding teacher dedicated to her pupils for 50 years, 30 of which she was the principal of Nunnelly School, retiring in 1972. She was an artist, a poet, a musician, a high school basketball coach of renown, a benefactor to her many needy . . . — — Map (db m156543) HM
This re-created “Home Place” of Loretta Lynn, originally located in Butcher Holler, KY has been built in memory of Loretta’s parents Ted & Clara Webb and to portray the rags to riches legacy of “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”. — — Map (db m95595) HM
Jamie Dailey, together with Darrin Vincent, leads one of the most popular bands in contemporary American music, embracing bluegrass, country and gospel. While steeped in tradition, they bring versatility, comedy and a broad selection of newly . . . — — Map (db m157369) HM
Orion Clemens was born to John and Jane Lampton Clemens on July 7, 1825, in Gainesboro. Orion became a writer, printer, inventor, lawyer, secretary and Acting Governor of
the Nevada Territory during the Lincoln Administration. After the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m157320) HM
The author of this book, probably the most famous of her several works, spent her first winter in the United States in a small house which stood about 250 yards south. Besides this juvenile work, she was the author of numerous popular adult books . . . — — Map (db m100828) HM
In a log cabin which stood here, Frances Eliza Hodgson, newly from England with her family, spent the winter of 1865. She helped support her family with music lessons, also opened a "Select Seminary for Young People." Here she met Dr. Swan Burnett, . . . — — Map (db m28493) HM
Clarence Earl McCurry was known professionally as both Clarence and Tom Ashley. His repertoire included many ancient Appalachian and early American songs, and he was the first to record “House of the Rising Sun.” He recorded from 1928 to 1933, . . . — — Map (db m157922) HM
General Robert R. Neyland
1892~1962
From 1927 to 1930, this site was the home of General Robert R. Neyland, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s legendary football coach and a key commander in the Pacific theater during World War II. . . . — — Map (db m152121) HM
Internationally acclaimed poet and writer Nikki Giovanni was born to Knoxville College graduates Gus and Yolande Giovanni on June 7, 1943, at Old Knoxville General Hospital. She grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, but Nikki and her sister, Gary Ann, spent . . . — — Map (db m167276) HM
Italian-born sculptor Albert Milani's majestic marble eagles crown the Art Deco-style Tennessee Supreme Court building across the street, constructed in the early 1930s. Tennessee marble, perhaps Knoxville's most famous natural resource, has been . . . — — Map (db m134878) HM
Archie Campbell
Archie Campbell, a beloved comedian in the country music family, launched his career as an announcer for WNOX in 1937. After a brief stint on Chattanooga radio and service in World War II, Campbell returned to Knoxville and . . . — — Map (db m118603) HM
Internationally acclaimed modern artist Beauford Delaney was born in 1901 in a small wooden house on Knoxville’s East Vine Street. His father was a Methodist preacher and ran a barber shop to make ends meet. Beauford always loved to draw, even in . . . — — Map (db m152124) HM
Untitled (New York City), circa 1945
Watercolor on Paper, 15.5 x 22.4 inches, Knoxville Museum of Art
2014 purchase with funds provided by the KMA Collectors Circle
Internationally acclaimed modern artist Beauford Delaney was born in 1901 . . . — — Map (db m178114) HM
Beauford Delaney
1901-1979
Beauford Delaney is considered one of the greatest abstract painters of the 20th century. Battling poverty, racial prejudice and mental illness, he achieved acclaim for his expressive portraits, cityscapes and . . . — — Map (db m167278) HM
Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Kermit "Buck" Ewing graduated from Carnegie Mellon University where he later taught art. Ewing started the University of Tennessee's visual arts program after moving to Knoxville in 1948. The department began with 35 . . . — — Map (db m134900) HM
Recognized as one of Knoxville’s most influential artists of the early 20th century, Catherine Wiley was born near Knoxville in Coal Creek (later Lake City, now Rocky Top). Her father worked in the coal industry before moving the family to Knoxville . . . — — Map (db m134895) HM
Morning, 1921, Oil on canvas, 47 x 41 inches Knoxville Museum of Art; 1972 purchase by the Women’s Committee of the Dulin Gallery.
Recognized as one of Knoxville’s most influential artists of the early 20th century, Catherine . . . — — Map (db m223855) HM
Born of German parents who settled in the area before the Civil War, Charles Christopher Krutch spent most of his life in Knoxville, the family home not far from here at 914 East Hill Avenue. Without formal training, Krutch worked throughout his . . . — — Map (db m134896) HM
Born of German parents who settled in the area before the Civil War, Charles Christopher Krutch spent most of his life in Knoxville, the family home not far from here at 914 East Hill Avenue. Without formal training, Krutch worked throughout his . . . — — Map (db m177960) HM
Untitled, circa 1930-1934
Oil on canvas board
Knoxville Museum of Art, 2009 gift of Dr. and Mrs. William J. McCoy III
Born of German parents who settled in the area before the Civil War, Charles Christopher Krutch spent most of his . . . — — Map (db m222649) HM
Built in 1903, the Southern Depot became a venue for street musicians. Among them was Charlie Oaks, a blind man who some country music historians consider the first professional country musician.
One of his best-known songs, New Market Train . . . — — Map (db m134890) HM
Market Street on Monday morning, Knoxville, Tennessee. In this year 1951. Suttree with his parcel of fish going past the rows of derelict trucks piled with produce and flowers, an atmosphere rank with country commerce, a reek of farmgoods in the . . . — — Map (db m134192) HM
Lucius enjoyed passing through the ancient three-storey, block-long, brick Market House, its arched ceiling looming over them, a line of rough little tables running down the spine of the building where country women sold eggs, shelled walnuts, . . . — — Map (db m134191) HM
Globally influential singer-songwriter Dolly Parton began her broadcasting career in 1956 nearby at 319 North Gay Street, which was then the site of WIVK's AM studio. She was a 10-year-old girl from nearby Sevier County whose uncle Bill Owens would . . . — — Map (db m223859) HM
Private Collection
Peregrine Falcon, 1943, Tempura on Board
A local naturalist and self-taught artist, Earl Henry is often better known as the Knoxville dental officer who perished on the ill-fated USS Indianapolis at the end of World . . . — — Map (db m223864) HM
Private Collection
Red-winged Blackbird, 1942 or 1943, Tempura on Board
A local naturalist and self-taught artist, Earl Henry is often better known as the Knoxville dental officer who perished on the ill-fated USS Indianapolis at . . . — — Map (db m223865) HM
At a small store on Market Square, a Knoxville record merchant helped launch the most famous career in musical history. Sam Morrison of Bell Sales Company chose to promote Elvis Presley's That's All Right, Mama by playing it on loudspeakers to the . . . — — Map (db m118602) HM
Confederate chaplain, poet of the Confederacy, author of the requiem of the Lost Cause, “The Conquered Banner,” written at Knoxville soon after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865, and pastor of the Immaculate . . . — — Map (db m115499) HM
Near this spot in 1869 was the early Knoxville home of Frances Hodgson Burnett, the English-born author of The Secret Garden, Sarah Crewe, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, who moved to Knoxville with her family when she was 15. When Frances . . . — — Map (db m134855) HM
McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture
Moonlight Seashore, 1923, Oil on Canvas
Hugh Tyler who studied art at the Pratt Institute and in Europe, worked form a studio in the Fort Sanders neighborhood and is best remembered for his . . . — — Map (db m223867) HM
They turned aside into a darker street, where the fewer faces looked more secret, and came into the odd, shaky light of Market Square. It was almost empty at this hour, but here and there, along the pavement streaked with horse urine, a wagon . . . — — Map (db m134190) HM
Born in Knoxville November 27, 1909, Agee was well-known and respected in the fields of journalism, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and film. He won a Pulitzer Prize posthumously in 1957 for A Death in the Family, a novel based on his youth in . . . — — Map (db m101785) HM
Knoxville's Old Custom House
You are standing in front of Knoxville's first federal building, the Old Custom House (1874). The Custom House originally housed the federal court, excise offices, post office, and later, Tennessee Valley . . . — — Map (db m118517) HM
Krutch Park is the legacy of Charles Krutch, the last survivor of an eccentric and talented family. When they first arrived in Knoxville in the 1850's the proud German clan spelled their name Krütsch (the name is pronounced Krootch). Several of the . . . — — Map (db m118446) HM
Lawson McGhee Library (west panel) ”I intend to erect a building to be used as a public library, and at the same time, a memorial to a beloved child.” -Charles McClung McGhee
The original Lawson McGhee Library was . . . — — Map (db m134882) HM
Born in northern Knox County (now part of Union County), Lloyd Branson is regarded perhaps as Knoxville's finest professional artist. Branson's family moved to Knoxville in 1868, and exhibited extraordinary talent as a youngster. After studying at . . . — — Map (db m134898) HM
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