In 1884 the dairy house was completed with walls measuring two feet thick made of ashlar limestone, perfect for the cool keeping of dairy products. Nashville stonemason, Con
Callaghan, constructed the building in the Romanesque Revival style and . . . — — Map (db m158285) HM
Frederick Stump was born in Lancaster Co., Pa. He married Ana c. 1757, Ann Snavely c. 1766, and Catherine Gingery in 1816. He had at least 8 children. In 1761 he founded Stumpstown, Pa. In 1768 he was jailed in Carlisle, Pa. for killing several . . . — — Map (db m162444) HM
In 1910, Horace Greeley Hill, Sr. and wife Mamie began buying land around their West Nashville home Cliff Lawn. After Hill Sr., an entrepreneur and philanthropist, died in 1942, H.G. Hill, Jr. took over the family business and began developing that . . . — — Map (db m147414) HM
In 1820 John Harding immensely improved his quality of life by constructing a six-room, brick federal style house on his property. Not long after finishing his new home he set to work on another improvement, building an ice house. An ice . . . — — Map (db m158324) HM
In 1858 P. & N. Harsh built a small brewery near Franklin College on Stones River Pike. E.D. Crossman & M.J. Drucker took over in 1860, renaming it the Tennessee Brewery. After fire destroyed it in 1860 and again in 1864, Drucker rebuilt it as . . . — — Map (db m194919) HM
Rogers Caldwell, "the J.P. Morgan of the South,” purchased
the acreage that would later become the Ellington
Agricultural Center from descendants of the Ewing family.
Caldwell was a Nashville native who established Caldwell and
Company in 1917, . . . — — Map (db m205343) HM
Sarah Estell, a free black woman in the slavery era, ran an ice cream parlor and sweet shop near here.
She overcame the many hurdles faced by free persons of color, and her venture thrived.
Her catering firm met the banquet needs of the city's . . . — — Map (db m81470) HM
Jesse Shelton DeMoss was the grandson of Bellevue co-founder James DeMoss and the son or prosperous farmer Thomas DeMoss, of the Davidson County 14th District. Between 1866 and 1870, Jesse moved with his family from the 14th to 12th district. In . . . — — Map (db m219714) HM
In 1815, James Hifle Smith (1788-1845) and wife, Lucy Greer Smith (1793-1872), came
to Pasquotank, Tennessee from Virginia. They built a 1-½- story single-pen log house on this site and opened a general store, which operated until 1975. The . . . — — Map (db m151781) HM
Platted in December 1953, Kossie Gardner, Sr., an African American businessperson and entrepreneur, developed Gardner's Gold Coast, Nashville's first African American subdivision. Contractors constructed most Gold Coast homes between 1957 and 1966. . . . — — Map (db m245691) HM
Vine Hill
629 Benton Ave.
William J. Gerst (of the Wm. Gerst Brewing Co.) purchased the Vine Hill estate in 1900 from Capt. John W. Morton for $14,195. In 1905 Gerst built a three-story barn and started rearing thoroughbreds. The local . . . — — Map (db m194858) HM
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Preston Taylor was born a slave on November 7, 1849 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He served as a drummer boy in the Union Army during the siege of Richmond, Virginia. After the Civil War, he secured a contract to build several . . . — — Map (db m166305) HM
The Land in the Bend
Construction began on Two Rivers
Mansion, the home of David and Willie
McGavock, in 1859. When completed
almost twenty years later, the house
was one of the most prominent
structures in Nashville and overlooked
the . . . — — Map (db m201083) HM
Berger Building
In 1926, Samuel W. Berger hired local architect
Ozrow J. Billis to design this stylish building
outfitted with colorful glazed terra cotta
tiles. Berger was a Hungarian immigrant
and one of the city's leading retail . . . — — Map (db m183243) HM
Horses and mules were traded around the Market until 1893, when a new city haymarket opened whee the Schermerhorn Symphony Center now stands. stock fountain was located at the northeast corner of the Square. — — Map (db m206234) HM
In recognition of
Colonel Richard Henderson
Born in Virginia 1735
Died in North Carolina 1785
—————
Founder and Promoter of the noted
"Transylvania Land Company"
Whose purchase from the Cherokee Indians covered the territory . . . — — Map (db m24373) HM
Jaques-Timothe De Montbrun, French Canadian fur trader and later lieutenant governor of the Illinois Country, visited in this area as early as 1769. On at least one occasion he took refuge in the cave 0.9 mile N. when attacked by Indians. He settled . . . — — Map (db m83845) HM
Nashville insurance executive Edwin W. Craig launched radio station WSM on October 5, 1925 and made plans for a radio program called the "Barn Dance,” which first aired on November 28, 1925. WSM program director George D. Hay renamed the "Barn . . . — — Map (db m147728) HM
Once Cherry and Spring Street, later Cherry and Church, is rich in Nashville history. Near here, April 2, 1781, Charlotte Reeves Robertson, wife of Colonel James Robertson, turned the pioneers' dogs loose on raiding Indians during the "Battle of the . . . — — Map (db m24140) HM
William J. Gerst opened Gerst House restaurant in 1955, a year after the Wm. Gerst
Brewing Co. closed. Serving German-American food, it was a gathering place for attorneys, journalists and politicians due to its proximity to the courthouse. Bill . . . — — Map (db m193678) HM
French Canadian fur trader and explorer
Officer of the American Revolution
Lieutenant Governor of the Illinois Territory
Honored as Nashville's "First Citizen"
Sculptor: Alan Lequire
Plaque donated in memory of: Dr. Truman Weldon . . . — — Map (db m81456) HM
One of the South's premier millinery firms, L. Jonas & Company had offices at 120 Public Square around 1900. Jonas hosted semiannual fashion shows where buyers came from across the country to see the latest hat fashions. — — Map (db m206236) HM
On this site stood the Maxwell House Hotel built by John Overton in 1859. It was destroyed by fire on Christmas Day, 1961. After wartime use as a barracks, hospital and prison, it was formally opened as a hotel in 1869. Presidents Andrew Johnson, . . . — — Map (db m24145) HM
The Centennial Exposition on this site in 1880 from April 23 through May 30, marked a century of progress since the founding of Nashville.
There were parades, oratory, music; historical, art and commercial exhibits; theatrical performances, and . . . — — Map (db m28467) HM
Nashville marked 200 years of city government with the dedication of the Public Square in October 2006. The Square was first platted in 1784. The thresholds of commercial buildings along its south side once rested where this line of markers now . . . — — Map (db m210772) HM
Nashvillians weathered the Great Depression by finding any way to meet the needs of their families. This gentleman is selling nuts at the Market in 1933. — — Map (db m206247) HM
In 1890, the state legislature made payment of a poll tax a condition of voting. Women were granted the right to vote in 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This receipt is one of the first issued to a woman . . . — — Map (db m206245) HM
Robert "Black Bob" Benfro was a slave given permission to sell "Liquor and Victuals" by the county court in 1794. He was emancipated in 1801 and purchased and maintained an inn and livery stable on the north side of the Public Square, where he . . . — — Map (db m206243) HM
Lardner Clark, “Merchant and Ordinary Keeper,” came from Philadelphia, Penn. in the early 1780s with ten horses packed with goods to sell. He established Nashville’s first drygoods store by 1783, on a site 30 yards east. Clark sold calicoes, . . . — — Map (db m188930) HM
The tallest office building in Nashville was purchased from American General Life and Accident Insurance Company by the State of Tennessee on January 3, 1994.
It was originally built in 1970 as the National Life Center, home of the National Life . . . — — Map (db m166570) HM
The Hermitage Hotel
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
Equal voting rights for women became part of the . . . — — Map (db m174704) HM
Warren Jett opened The Jungle, a restaurant and cocktail bar, at 715 Commerce Street in 1952. Next door, Juanita Brazier opened Juanita's Place, a beer bar, in 1956. By the early 1960s, both were known as the first gay bars in Nashville. Jett sold . . . — — Map (db m147731) HM
The Seeing Eye, the world-famous dog guide training school, was incorporated in Nashville January 29, 1929, with headquarters in the Fourth and First National Bank Building at 315 Union St. Morris Frank, a 20-year-old blind man from Nashville, and . . . — — Map (db m61940) HM
Thomas G. Bradford was one of the first publishers in Nashville publishing an early newspaper, the Nashville Citizen, and many of the city's earliest books of prose and music. — — Map (db m206246) HM
The water in front of you traveled a great distance. Most recently, it navigated the Middle Cumberland Watershed, a network of creeks and streams that crosses 54 counties across Kentucky and Tennessee. In urban watersheds like ours, rainwater rushes . . . — — Map (db m221484) HM
Pictured: George Green (L), son of Nathan "Nearest"
Green and Jack Daniel (R). Nearest taught Jack
Daniel how to make whiskey. Nearest was the first
Master Distiller for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
and the first African-American Master . . . — — Map (db m197855) HM
Francis Craig, noted composer and bandleader, was born in Dickson, Tennessee on September 10, 1900, the son of
Methodist minister Robert James Craig and Fannie Frost Craig. At age ten, he played the piano by ear. In 1919,
Mr. Craig entered . . . — — Map (db m174707) HM
During the 1940's and 1950's Nashville's music scene included local music labels like World, Tennessee, Republic, Speed and Bullet. Bullet records was started in 1946 by former Sun Records partner Jim Bullet and C.V. Hitchcock. The label had . . . — — Map (db m208984) HM
Jefferson Street developed as a vibrant African-American commercial district in the late-19th and early-20th century. As Fisk University, Tenn. A&I (Tenn. State Univ.) and Meharry Medical College grew, more restaurants, shops and music venues . . . — — Map (db m147885) HM
Ernie Young became a part of the Nashville music scene at an early age while supplying records for jukeboxes that he operated around the city. When records were taken off the jukeboxes, he sold them at his record store. Ernie's Record Mart at 177 . . . — — Map (db m208989) HM
"The Gateway to Heritage streetscape improvement project is the definition of community collaboration. This collaboration is notable and exciting because that's how communities are changed. Government can't do it alone. And represented . . . — — Map (db m210301) HM
Nashville, of course, is known for its music, but one area of the city's music heritage is today all but forgotten. Up through the 1960s, North Nashville was home to a vibrant jazz and blues scene, with a number of clubs lining Jefferson St. In . . . — — Map (db m213250) HM
A 1972 graduate of Tennessee State University, Russell is recognized globally as a leader, technology expert and inventor in the field of wireless communication. His innovations led to the modern day cell phone in 1995 he was inducted into the . . . — — Map (db m209072) HM
The J.W. Friers Realty Company was founded by Mr. Frierson in the early 1900's. For 52 years his business was in the center of the black business district at 431 Cedar St. (Charlotte). He later moved into the building he built at 1310 Jefferson . . . — — Map (db m209007) HM
Patton House
In 1935 Rev. John Thomas Patton (1884-1965) hired McKissack & McKissack to build this home for his family. A community leader and well-respected businessman. Patton opened his home for meetings to improve African Americans equal . . . — — Map (db m242259) HM
In 1896, Boyd moved to Nashville to establish the National Baptist Publishing Board with the goal of providing black Baptists with religious printings, primarily periodicals and Sunday School materials. By 1906 it was the largest African American . . . — — Map (db m209163) HM
From the 1940s to the early 1960s. Jefferson Street was one of America's best-known districts of jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues. Famous African-American musicians played repeatedly in the many clubs. Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix. Ray Charles. . . . — — Map (db m147915) HM
Belle Vue was the name Abraham Louis DeMoss gave the land he bought overlooking the Harpeth River in 1800. His gristmill and sawmill stood nearby. When the Nashville-Northwestern Railroad cut its line to Kingston Springs in 1855, Bellevue became the . . . — — Map (db m147112) HM
Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital. Opened in 1927, Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital provided African-Americans in Nashville with modern healthcare and drew patients & medical professionals from across the country. The mid-century modern Pagoda . . . — — Map (db m147764) HM
Owen and Harold Bradley operated a one-story,
concrete block film and recording studio located
behind this Hillsboro Village storefront from
1953-1955. "Queen of Country Music” Kitty Wells, bluegrass legends Bill Monroe and the Stanley . . . — — Map (db m163031) HM
After success in Memphis with Sun Records, "Cowboy" Jack Clement founded Jack Clement Recording Studios in 1969, producing and writing for artists such as Johnny Cash and Charley Pride. It was the first facility of its kind in Nashville, with . . . — — Map (db m76355) HM
He was awarded a medal by Queen Victoria at the World’s Fair in London 1851 for the finest merino fleece at the fair.
For wool culture and scientific breeding of stock, he was presented with a medal in 1854 by the General Assembly of . . . — — Map (db m162479) HM
The original Newsom's Mill was located upstream & was destroyed by flood in 1808. Joseph M. Newsom constructed this turbine-powered gristmill in 1862 of hand-dressed limestone cut from Newsom's quarry, a mile south. Newsom's stone is found in many . . . — — Map (db m147423) HM
Grave of Lucinda "Granny" White, who settled here in 1803 on 50 acres of land. She died in 1815 at about age 73. Granny White Tavern stood 200' to the north. Famous for its food, brandy, and comfortable beds, it attracted travelers from the Natchez . . . — — Map (db m95832) HM
Louise Scruggs was the first female artist manager and booking agency in the history of country music. Born Anne Louise Certain, she grew up as an only child on a farm near Lebanon, Tennessee. At age seven, she asked for, and received, a toy . . . — — Map (db m163460) HM
Humble Beginnings
In 1943, with a $1,000 loan, Douglas Granville Odom Sr. and his wife, Louise Odom, converted a chicken house in Madison, TN into a four-hog-a-day meat grinding sausage business.
Son, Doug Jr. remembers . . . — — Map (db m163417) HM
The Tanglewood Historic District is a rustic style suburban development from the 1920-1940s built by Robert M. Condra, a prominent Nashville builder. Natural materials are featured in this popular Arts and Crafts substyle that harmonizes with the . . . — — Map (db m147709) HM
The Mud Tavern Community developed around the crossroads of the Elm Hill and McGavock Turnpikes. The name derives from the mud and log inn at the crossroads where early 19th century travelers found rest and refreshment. Mud Tavern later became a . . . — — Map (db m147567) HM
Brick manufacturer and builder, who fought under General Andrew Jackson in the Creek campaigns and at the Battle of New Orleans, left at his death in 1880 property and $100,000 as an endowment for a school later called Watkins Institute, organized . . . — — Map (db m147768) HM
In 1968, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) was founded by Dr. Thomas Frist Sr., his son Dr. Thomas Frist Jr. and businessman Jack C. Massey. The original office was located here, in a small house near HCA's first hospital - Park View. At the . . . — — Map (db m147456) HM
The heart of Nashville's music business, Music Row began in 1955, when Owen Bradley opened the Quonset Hut, the first recording studio here. In 1957, Chet Atkins opened RCA's studio at the corner of 17th and Hawkins. Other studios, . . . — — Map (db m147532) HM
In 1815, T.M. Burland opened a small brewery 1.5 miles west of Nashville along Cockrill Spring. The brewery used water from the nearby spring and barley purchased from local farmers. J.T. and W.B. Smith operated the brewery from 1834 until it was . . . — — Map (db m147460) HM
While the state's 100th birthday provided an inspiring theme, the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition was, in fact, a risky economic development scheme. Wall Street's Panic of 1893 had led the nation into a deep economic depression. Despite the . . . — — Map (db m182163) HM
These wheels used by the Confederacy to grind gunpowder at Augusta, Ga in 1863-1864 were made in Woolwich, England and were shipped on the blockade runner "Spray," via Mobile. After the war Gen. Miles purchased them for use at Sycamore Powder Mills, . . . — — Map (db m4144) HM
One of Nashville's oldest streets, Elliston Place was a popular commercial corridor by 1930. Elliston Place Soda Shop opened in 1939. In 1971 Owsley Manier and Brugh Reynolds
opened the listening-room style music venue Exit/In, named for its main . . . — — Map (db m158328) HM
CREATING A SPOTLIGHT: TELLING MUSIC'S STORY
PLA Media has placed major record and Independent artists in the spotlight since the 1980s with campaigns that include media coverage, special events and promotions. The award- winning company also . . . — — Map (db m234411) HM
Belmont Church and Koinonia Coffeehouse
Koinonia (Greek for 'fellowship') Coffeehouse opened in 1973 with artists such as Dogwood, Fireworks and Brown Bannister boldly sharing their faith through contemporary music. It became a destination . . . — — Map (db m147530) HM
In 1955, brothers Owen and Harold Bradley built a recording studio in the basement of a house on this site. They added another studio here in an army Quonset Hut, producing hits by Patsy Cline, Red Foley, Brenda Lee, Marty Robbins, Sonny James, and . . . — — Map (db m59523) HM
1225, 1227, 1301, 1303, 1305 16th Avenue South
Before Music Row
Long before becoming Music Row, this land belonged to Judge Oliver Hayes, father of Adelicia Hayes who built Belmont Mansion. By the early 20th century, this area had . . . — — Map (db m147548) HM
Built in the 1830s, rebuilt in 1859, and expanded in 1880, Perry Dale Sr. and Alberta G. Dale purchased this two-story frame house in 1946, naming it GranDale. The one-story wings were added to each side in the 1970s. Between 1972 and 1973, Perry . . . — — Map (db m147403) HM
In 1951, Lon and Annie Loveless began serving
fried chicken, biscuits and jams at picnic tables
to hungry travelers from Highway 100, then
the main road between Nashville and Memphis.
They soon converted their 4-room home into
a restaurant, . . . — — Map (db m146432) HM
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
Industry and commerce were growing, even though most Tennesseans lived outside the cities and the state's economy was centered on agriculture. The clearest measure of this growth was the tremendously successful
Centennial Exposition. It featured a . . . — — Map (db m216116) HM
Citizen's Savings Bank and Trust Company, the oldest continuously operating, African- American-owned bank in the United States,
opened its Nashville doors in 1904. — — Map (db m216161) HM
In 1899, Benjamin Franklin Thomas, Joseph Brown Whitehead, and John Thomas Lupton began bottling Coca-Cola in Chattanooga and
revolutionized the soft drink industry — — Map (db m216150) HM
In 1873, eleven blast furnaces on the Western Hand Rim produced iron at the rate of about 50,000 tons per year. To operate indefinitely these furnaces would have required 375 square miles of timber for fuel. — — Map (db m215721) HM
Below, built into the steep bank of the Cumberland River, is a 52-foot-tall stone structure. It is the western abutment of the first bridge over the Cumberland River. Built in 1823 by the Nashville Bridge Company, it was a three-span wooden truss . . . — — Map (db m147752) HM
First iron works established in Hawkins County on the Holston River about 1789-1790. James Robertson's Cumberland Furnace iron works established in Dickson County about 1793. — — Map (db m214979) HM
First major Tennessee labor strike called in 1891-1892 by the Briceville coal miners. After farming, coal mining was the second largest occupation in the state. — — Map (db m216108) HM
Four Tennesseans won prizes at the London World's Fair of 1851. Mark Cockrill's sheep's wool won first prize, and Col. John Pope won "for the best cotton known in the world." — — Map (db m215540) HM
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Bank. In March 1865, Congress established the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Bank. A Nashville branch was chartered in Dec. 1865. By 1867, there were 37 branches, mostly in the South. Liberty Hall was . . . — — Map (db m145781) HM
