Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bristol, Tennessee
Blountville is the county seat for Sullivan County
Bristol is in Sullivan County
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This owner-driver's popular Winston Cup title in 1992 prompted many drivers to field their own teams. The mechanical engineering graduate recorded two of his five career triumphs at Bristol. He died in a plane crash April 1, 1993, en route to . . . — — Map (db m224130) HM
Near Interstate 81, 1.3 miles north of West State Street (U.S. 11W), on the right when traveling south.
Tennessee AMVETS dedicates
this memorial to all veterans
living or deceased who have
honorably served their country
that freedom may reign
December 15, 2001
Governor
Don Sundquist
— — Map (db m143588) WM
On State Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, on the left when traveling west on State Street.
The town of Bristol was planned and laid out by Joseph Rhea Anderson in 1852. Development began on this site in 1853 with the erection of Anderson's combined home and business. The building served as the community's first store, post office, bank, . . . — — Map (db m22991) HM
On State Street (Tennessee Route 34), on the right when traveling east.
Bristol has long been known as a hub for traditional mountain music. In the summer of 1927, Ralph Peer, a record producer from Victor Talking Machine Company, traveled to Bristol and set up a portable recording studio four blocks east of this . . . — — Map (db m24031) HM
On State Street near Randall Street Expwy (Tenn) & Edgemont Ave. (Va)..
Landmark Bridge
Between Two States
Erected 1910
Placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
By the United States Department of the Interior
September 8,1988
Marker in memory of Mattie and Jim Owens
Bristol Historical . . . — — Map (db m22993) HM
On State Street (Tennessee Route 34) at Edgemont Avenue on State Street. Reported missing.
In 1927 Ralph Peer, a record producer with the Victor Talking Machine Company, set up a temporary music studio on this site. Over the next 12 days he recorded 76 songs by 19 artists, including the Stonemans, and the first recordings of Jimmie . . . — — Map (db m82956) HM
Nine Bristol victories, nine Bristol pole positions. The only driver to lead every lap of a 500-lap Bristol event (1973). During unprecedented three Winston Cup title seasons (1976-78), he won five out of the six Bristol races. He retired with 83 . . . — — Map (db m224055) HM
Catherine "Cathy" DeCaterina, Bristol native, Fairmont Elementary, Tennessee High School, and Sullins College graduate, went on to study voice at the Julliard School in New York City. While singing in New York, she met and married Frank DeCaterina . . . — — Map (db m211074) HM
On Interstate 81, 1 mile south of U.S. 58, on the right when traveling south.
The Great Valley of Tennessee, the Southern Appalachian breadbasket, stretches from Bristol to Chattanooga and with its major turnpikes and railroads was strategically vital to both North and South during the war.
The “better half of . . . — — Map (db m143534) HM
On State Street east of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
On this site was formerly located the Bristol general Confederate Hospital. It was housed in the former Exchange Hotel erected in 1858 (later known as the Nickels House). The building was demolished in about 1898. Sick and wounded soldiers were . . . — — Map (db m157955) HM
At this speedway on April 1, 1979, "The Intimidator" recorded the first of his 76 career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victories. The seven-time series champion won nine cup events and one Busch Series race here at Bristol. From 1985 to 1988, he won . . . — — Map (db m224052) HM
Bristol's all-time leading winner recorded 12 of his 84 career victories here. He won three Winston Cup championships (1981, 82, 85). Among the Tennessee resident's greatest achievements is his seven-race winning streak in Winston Cup events at . . . — — Map (db m224113) HM
The "Silver Fox" won 105 races at NASCAR's top level, including five at Bristol during a five year span (1967-71). This three-time champion won back-to-back titles in 1968 and
1969, a period when he won Three out of four Bristol events. He is one . . . — — Map (db m224057) HM
On East Hill Cemetery Drive north of East State Street, on the right when traveling north.
During the Civil War, Bristol was a strategic location on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. The Confederate Medical Corps established hospitals in the town, which soon became an important medical center. Wounded soldiers were brought by rail . . . — — Map (db m82957) HM
Born in Wales, 1719, he came here about 1771. A veteran of Braddock's Campaign and Lord Dunmore's War, he commanded a successful expedition against the Chickamauga towns, 1779. Member of the North Carolina State Senate, 1781, and brigadier general . . . — — Map (db m22995) HM
On 7th Street at Shelby Street, on the right when traveling north on 7th Street.
This fort was erected on high ground about two blocks south, in 1771, for the protection of the pioneer settlers. From it went forces to the battles of Point Pleasant, Long Island Flats and Chickamauga Towns. Here also occurred the preliminary . . . — — Map (db m82958) HM
On State Street (Tennessee Route 34) at Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, on the right when traveling east on State Street.
(North Face)
Erected August 16, 1971
Honoring
A.P. Carter
Sara Carter
Maybelle Carter
Jimmie Rodgers
Who recorded the first Country and Western music to be distributed nationwide in Bristol, Tennessee on August 2, 1927
(West . . . — — Map (db m24036) HM
On Volunteer Parkway (U.S. 11E), on the right when traveling east.
1/2 mile north, in 1784, Col. James King, Revolutionary veteran who was at Yorktown, built an ironworks at the mouth of Steel's Creek. A later associate was Governor William Blount. With the King Ironworks was also the first nail factory in the . . . — — Map (db m22911) HM
Near East Hill Cemetery Drive north of East State Street, on the left when traveling north.
Erected in 2010 in honor of Joseph Rhea Anderson (1819-1888) who founded the original Town of Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee in 1852. Both sides of the town were given recognition on the official records of the time. He erected the first building in . . . — — Map (db m82959) HM
On Shelby Street east of 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Colonel Isaac Shelby was a leader of frontier American forces resisting British rule. British officer Patrick Ferguson was aware of Shelby's presence in the area and sent out a warning, if the rebels did not desist in their opposition to British . . . — — Map (db m135593) HM
The winner of four NASCAR cup series championships, Jeff Gordon helped transform auto racing into a mainstream American sport. Gordon recorded 93 cup series wins in his career. His Bristol highlights include five cup victories, including four . . . — — Map (db m224125) HM
Jimmie Rodgers, known as “The Singing Brakeman” and “the Blue Yodeler,” was born in Meridian, Mississippi on September 8, 1897. After working as a brakeman for the railroad, a bout of tuberculosis forced Rodgers from the . . . — — Map (db m23145) HM
On Maplehurst Lane at Tennessee Highway 394, on the right when traveling west on Maplehurst Lane.
Born in a house 300 yards east of this road, Oct. 23, 1857, he held nearly every public office in his county, besides being three times member of the General Assembly. While
Speaker of the State Senate, he became Governor to succeed James B. . . . — — Map (db m157959) HM
On Carl Moore Parkway (U.S. 421) at Old Jonesboro Road, on the right when traveling east on Carl Moore Parkway.
It crosses the highway here. Originally a branch of the Great War and Trading Path, it was later an important route from Virginia to the west. The first mail route between Richmond and Washington ran over it. Many notables used it, including Andrew . . . — — Map (db m157952) HM
Legendary Junior Johnson claimed his first Bristol victory as both car owner and driver in the 1965 Southeastern 500. Drivers Charlie Glotzbach, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip drove his cars cars to more Bristol victories, giving . . . — — Map (db m224128) HM
On Volunteer Parkway (U.S. 11E), on the right when traveling east.
Located 4 miles to the east in Bristol, Tennessee. Founded in 1867 by the Reverend James King and other Presbyterian leaders to provide "a thorough classical and scientific training, combined with moral and religious instruction." Since 1915 this . . . — — Map (db m22913) HM
On State Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on State Street.
Ralph Peer came to Bristol in search of large personalities who would make a strong
impression on Victor's new higher fidelity recordings, and discovered one of country
music's strongest in “Blue Yodeler” Jimmie Rodgers. Jimmie's . . . — — Map (db m157957) HM
On 5th Street north of Ash Street, on the right when traveling north.
Established 1867 by the Presbyterian Church on land donated by Rev. James King “to give
the benefits of a Christian classical education to young men of limited means.”
The Rev. James Doak Tadlock, D. D., was the first President . . . — — Map (db m157954) HM
On Georgia Avenue at Cypress Street, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue.
[Left plaque]
The National Register
Tennessee
Historical Commission
Parlett House
Built c. 1892
of Historic Places
[Right plaque]
This property recognized by
the Bristol
1892 . . . — — Map (db m210175) HM
On U.S. 421 at Pemberton Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 421.
Under the massive oak 0.3 mi. SW, Col. John Pemberton assembled his command in late September, 1780 for service against the British. Joined by units from Virginia, they marched to Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga; thence the whole force, under Col. . . . — — Map (db m157949) HM
On State Street at Ralph S. Peer Street on State Street.
Ralph S. Peer was born in 1892 in Independence, Missouri. He grew up in the record business, working in the shop where his father sold phonographs and recordings for the Columbia Graphophone Company.
After service in WWI, as a talent scout for . . . — — Map (db m23683) HM
"The King" WON THREE won three Bristol races. All in seasons that ended in Winston Cup titles. The sport's greatest ambassador holds NASCAR records that never will be broken, including 200 career victories and 27 in a single season. The seven-time . . . — — Map (db m224053) HM
Rusty Wallace won nine Bristol trophies during a career that included the 1989 NASCAR championship and 55 race victories. His Bristol highlights include: his first career triumph April 6, 1986; his landmark 50th victory March 26, 2000; three Bristol . . . — — Map (db m224127) HM
On Edgemont Avenue at 7th Street on Edgemont Avenue.
General Evan Shelby erected a fort here in 1771 that sheltered and protected pioneers and sent victorious forces to the battles of Point Pleasant, Long Island Flats and Chicamauga Towns
Here was conceived by Shelby, Campbell and Sevier, an . . . — — Map (db m35794) HM
On Stage Coach Trail at Dulaney Road on Stage Coach Trail.
Steel House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1774
Sullivan County Historical Society
Sullivan County 1796
Historic . . . — — Map (db m210230) HM
The core of "The Alabama Gang:" Bobby Allison, his brother Donnie, and his sons Davey and Clifford. Bristol's first family to qualify for members at the Winston Cup or Busch series level. Bobby, Donnie and Davey all won Winston Cup races at Bristol, . . . — — Map (db m224131) HM
On Paul Odom Way at Cortland Street, on the left when traveling north on Paul Odom Way.
The Bristol Municipal Stadium was built with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration between 1934 and 1937. The stone came from nearby Beaver Creek. A dedication ceremony was held on October 8, 1936, before the Tennessee High and Science . . . — — Map (db m45941) HM
The E.W. King Building is a historic 1920 warehouse in a historic district
listed in the National Register of Historic Places
by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior — — Map (db m234396) HM
