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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Nashville, Tennessee

 
Clickable Map of Davidson County, Tennessee and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Davidson County, TN (1449) Cheatham County, TN (16) Robertson County, TN (39) Rutherford County, TN (227) Sumner County, TN (135) Williamson County, TN (416) Wilson County, TN (76)  DavidsonCounty(1449) Davidson County (1449)  CheathamCounty(16) Cheatham County (16)  RobertsonCounty(39) Robertson County (39)  RutherfordCounty(227) Rutherford County (227)  SumnerCounty(135) Sumner County (135)  WilliamsonCounty(416) Williamson County (416)  WilsonCounty(76) Wilson County (76)
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1 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 134 — Battle of Nashville(December 16, 1864) — Confederate Final Stand —
After the withdrawal from the main Confederate line at Peach Orchard Hill, Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee formed a battle line across Franklin Pike 400 yards east of here with 200 men from the remnants of Brig. Gen. Henry Clayton's division and two cannons . . . Map (db m53394) HM
2 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — N2 2 — Battle of NashvilleSmith's Assault — Dec. 16, 1864 —
The Federal XVI Corps attacked southward along this road. After violent artillery bombardment, McArthur's Division took the hill to the west about 4:00 p.m., precipitating the rout of Hood's Army. This hill is named for Col. W. M. Shy, 20th Tenn. . . . Map (db m53351) HM
3 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Belle Meade BourbonBelle Meade Plantation
The Belle Meade Distillery once stood 3 miles east of Belle Meade Farm on the Harding Pike (where St. Thomas Hospital stands today). The location was known as Bosley Springs, the waters from which feed the Richland Creek that runs in front of . . . Map (db m158321) HM
4 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Belle Meade PlantationThe Battle of Nashville — Hood's Campaign —
(overview) In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman’s supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman’s “March to . . . Map (db m68971) HM
5 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Belle Meade PlantationChange of Ownership
Confederate Gen. William Hicks “Billy” Jackson (1835–1903), who acquired Belle Meade Plantation after the war, served with distinction throughout the Western Theater of the Civil War. He was an excellent horseman, a skill that . . . Map (db m68973) HM
6 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Block House3801 West End Avenue
The property was originally part of Peach Blossom Farm (later called Whitland Farm). Subdivided by Bransford Realty, the property was purchased in 1911 by George Killibrew, Vice President of Marathon Motor Works, Nashville's first and only auto . . . Map (db m220549) HM
7 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 216 — Brewery at Mill Creek
Arthur Redmond, a European brewer who immigrated to Nashville in 1815, established a brewery and bakery on Chicken Pike, now Elm Hill Pike. Situated along the east side of Mill Creek near Foster's and Buchanan's mills, he brewed porter and ale and . . . Map (db m151769) HM
8 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Buchanan Station Cemetery
No original records Survive för this burial ground of the Buchanan family and friends. Early interments likely include Samuel Buchanan, evidently killed by Indians outside the station walls in 1786, and John Buchanan, Sr., killed inside the . . . Map (db m175151) HM
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9 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Buchanan’s Station
The Cumberland Settlements In the winter of 1779 - 1780, the family of John and Jane Trindle Buchanan was among the earliest permanent American settlers of the bend in the Cumberland River where the city of Nashville, Tennessee is now . . . Map (db m175150) HM
10 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Buchanan’s Station Cemetery
A lasting monument to the early pioneers and defenders of Nashville who sacrificed their lives and who now lie in peace including Revolutionary War patriot, John "Major" Buchanan and his wife, Sarah “Sally” Ridley Buchanan.Map (db m175152) HM
11 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 3A 10 — Buchanan's Station
One of Cumberland settlements, established here in 1780. The fort was attacked, Sept. 30, 1792, by about 300 Creeks and Lower Cherokees under Chiachattalla. Aided by the heroism and efficiency of Mrs. Buchanan and other women in . . . Map (db m147557) HM
12 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Caring for Historic CabinsTennessee Agricultural Museum
These three log cabins, likely homes for tenant farmers, were already here when the Tennessee Department of Agriculture relocated to this site in 1957. We do not know the exact date of the cabins' construction or their original location(s). . . . Map (db m205349) HM
13 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Coach Ed TempleTigerbelles Head Coach 1950-1994 — U.S. Olympic Coach 1960, 1964, 1980 —
"In looking over my 44 years as coach, I know that we accomplished monumental things at TSU and the Olympics. This Plaza stands as a witness to those deserving student athletes who helped to make the tradition." Coach Ed Temple Tigerbelles . . . Map (db m209505) HM
14 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 192 — Cockrill Bend
In 1786, the State of N.C. granted Gen. James Robertson several large tracts of land in this area. Robertson's Bend was renamed after the Cockrill family who established several farms and a mill here before the Civil War. The Romanesque-style third . . . Map (db m147820) HM
15 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — DairyBelle Meade Plantation
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
16 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Early HistoryTennessee Agricultural Museum
Indigenous populations lived in the Cumberland Valley of Middle Tennessee in large villages such as Mound Bottom in present-day Cheatham County. They were the first farmers of Tennessee and grew corn, beans, and squash for their own sustenance . . . Map (db m205342) HM
17 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Ellington Agricultural CenterTennessee Agricultural Museum
During the 1930 collapse of Caldwell's financial empire and subsequent Great Depression, the State of Tennessee lost its sizable financial assets invested in The Bank of Tennessee. The State took legal action to recover these funds and learned . . . Map (db m205347) HM
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18 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 115 — Ezell House
In 1805 Jeremiah Ezell (1775-1838) moved here from Virginia and purchased 17 acres of land on Mill Creek. In 1816 he served on the Court of Pleas for Davidson County. In 1888, his grandson, Henry Clay Ezell, built this brick vernacular Queen Anne . . . Map (db m147166) HM
19 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 53 — Frederick Stump(1723-1820)
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
20 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 198 — Hillwood Estates
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
21 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Ice HouseBelle Meade Plantation
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
22 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Iconography of the TSU Olympian
The total height of the TSU Olympian is 46 feet. It is constructed using the slip roller technique, a process that allows an artist to bend sheets of metal at incremental degrees between rollers. Jane-Allen McKinney, Assistant Professor of Art at . . . Map (db m209506) HM
23 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — In 1865[Belle Meade Farm Freedom] — Belle Meade Plantation — Reported permanently removed
In 1865 one hundred thirty six (136) enslaved men, women, and children at Belle Meade Farm gained their freedom. With this freedom they gained the right to choose where they would live and work. Seventy-two (72) farm workers continued under the . . . Map (db m68986) HM
24 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 3A 12 — John Haywood
On the site of this house was home of John Haywood, a Supreme Court Justice in North Carolina. Founder (1820) of the Antiquarian Society, forerunner of the Tennessee Historical Society and author of the basic histories of the state, he is known as . . . Map (db m182312) HM
25 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 3A 156 — Juno Frankie Pierce
J. Frankie Pierce was born during or shortly after the Civil War. In 1921, she founded the Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls and served as its first superintendent until 1939. The founding of this school was aided by the Negro . . . Map (db m166306) HM
26 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Kitchen Garden History
Early Tennessee settlers did not have access to year-round fresh produce like we do today. General stores were often miles away and sold dried goods and seeds for growing your own food in kitchen gardens like this. Common plants were onions, . . . Map (db m205314) HM
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27 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 246 — Kurdish Americans in Nashville
In 1976 Kurdish Immigrants began arriving in Nashville and continued to emigrate here, fleeing persecutions in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey were they were ethnic minorities following the Treaty of Lausanne. In 2022, around 20,000 Kurds lived in . . . Map (db m214619) HM
28 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 99 — Lake Providence Community
Soon after the Civil War, freed slave families established farms and dairies in this community named for Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church. The church was founded in 1868 by Rev. Larry A. Thompson, a traveling missionary. The first church . . . Map (db m147128) HM
29 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 86 — Luke Lea Heights5 miles ahead on Scenic Drive
Luke Lea (1879-1945) envisioned this park, gave to the city in 1927 the original 868 acres, and asked that the land be named for his father-in-law, Percy Warner. Founder of the Nashville Tennessean, Lea was a key developer of Belle Meade, a U.S. . . . Map (db m68993) HM WM
30 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — MausoleumBelle Meade Plantation
In 1839 William Giles Harding commissioned the construction of a limestone burial vault for his recently deceased wife, Mary Selena McNairy Harding. This vault eventually became the final resting place for five generations of Harding-Jackson . . . Map (db m158319) HM
31 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 168 — May-Granbery House and Alford Cemetery
Revolutionary War Pvt. John Alford built a two-room house on this land c. 1810, expanding it in 1812 and 1820. The Alford cemetery retains three markers that were placed as early as 1822. The c. 1830 brick two-story Federal dwelling was home to . . . Map (db m147408) HM
32 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 78 — Percy Warner Park2058.1 acres
Percy Warner (1861-1927) was a pioneer in electric utilities and hydroelectric development in the South. As chairman of the Park Board, he expanded Nashville’s park system. Preservation of this natural area was one of his greatest civic projects. . . . Map (db m68992) HM
33 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 3A 91 — Robertson Academy
Was established by an Act of the Tennessee General Assembly Sept. 13, 1806, which provided for an academy in each of the then 27 counties. The school has operated continuously since that time.Map (db m151594) HM
34 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Rock City Gardens
Popular Lookout Mountain tourist attraction Rock City Gardens - "See Rock City" - opened in 1932.Map (db m218442) HM
35 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Slave BurialsBelle Meade Plantation
Due to the lack of records kept by slave owners, including those at Belle Meade, it is often difficult to piece together the full story of the daily lives and experiences of enslaved individuals. In particular, and particularly disheartening, is . . . Map (db m158289) HM
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36 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Slave CabinBelle Meade Plantation
In 1865 one hundred thirty six (136) enslaved men, women, and children at Belle Meade Farm gained their freedom. With this freedom they gained the right to choose where they would live and work. Seventy-two (72) farm workers continued under . . . Map (db m158315) HM
37 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 175 — Tennessee Hospital for the Insane
In 1832, the Tenn. legislature approved the state's first asylum, established in 1840 southwest of Nashville. The State bought this land in 1848, after activist-reformer Dorothea Dix and asylum staff called for improved facilities. Prominent . . . Map (db m147132) HM
38 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 3A 124 — Tennessee State University
Established in 1912 for the education of Negro citizens, Tennessee State University merged with UT-Nashville in 1979 and has become a major comprehensive urban university. Development from normal school to university progressed as follows: Tenn. A & . . . Map (db m5512) HM
39 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 69 — Tennessee State University
Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal School for Negroes first opened its doors to 247 students in 1912. This site gave birth to a new era of public higher education for African Americans in the state of Tennessee, with emphasis on . . . Map (db m182179) HM
40 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — 230 — Tennessee/Spring Water Brewery
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
41 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — The Caldwell YearsTennessee Agricultural Museum
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
42 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — The Natchez TraceBelle Meade Plantation
In 1742 a European settler recorded his travel and the conditions of the path which was known as the Natchez Trace. This is the earliest known recording of the trace, a portion of which was located on the site of Belle Meade Plantation. The trace, . . . Map (db m81472) HM
43 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — War on the Home FrontBelle Meade and Union Occupation
William Giles Harding, the owner of Belle Meade Plantation, was an ardent Confederate supporter who provided thousands of dollars to help arm Tennessee’s Confederate forces. He served on the state’s Military Armaments Committee. In March 1862, he . . . Map (db m81481) HM
44 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville — Warner ParksEstablished in 1927
This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 by the United States Department of the InteriorMap (db m163934) HM
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45 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Antioch — 244 — Alice Thompson Collinsworth1777-1828
Alice Thompson (1777-1828) married Revolutionary War veteran Edward Collinsworth (1759-1816) in Dec. 1795, after spending two years as a captive at the Muscogee (Creek) tribal town Kialegee, in present-day Alabama. Alice and Edward reared seven . . . Map (db m207153) HM
46 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Antioch — 208 — Antioch High School
Antioch High School opened here in the fall of 1933, after community members from Antioch, Cane Ridge and Mims (Bakertown) signed petitions to the Board of Education urging them to choose Antioch, not Una, as the school location. Previously the . . . Map (db m224208) HM
47 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Antioch — 206 — Percy Priest Lake
Construction of the J. Percy Priest Dam and Reservoir began on June 2, 1963. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project was named for Priest, a teacher and Tennessean editor who served in Congress from 1940 until his death in 1956. Several small . . . Map (db m205206) HM
48 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Arts District — 3A 223 — Nashville Sit-Ins
On 13 February 1960, 124 students from Nashville's Historically Black Colleges and Universities walked into Woolworth's, Kress, and McClellan's, sat down at the lunch counters and asked to be served to no avail. The students also targeted Walgreens, . . . Map (db m219765) HM
49 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Arts District — 3A 139 — Sarah Estell
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
50 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Arts District — 88 — Tennessee Ornithological Society
On October 7, 1915, Dr. George Curtis, Albert F. Ganier, Judge H.Y. Hughes, Dr. George R. Mayfield, Dixon Merritt, and A.C. Webb met at Faucon's Restaurant, 419 Union Street, approximately 50 feet east of here, to found the Tennessee Ornithological . . . Map (db m61939) HM
51 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Belle Meade Links — 121 — Belle Meade Golf Links Historic District
Platted in 1915 by developer Johnson Bransford. Belle Meade Golf Links is one of the early subdivisions that arose from the dissolution of the world-famous Belle Meade Plantation. This small residential district represents early 20th century . . . Map (db m147106) HM
52 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Belle Meade Links — In 1807[Harding Cabin] — Belle Meade Plantation —
In 1807 John Harding purchased 250 acres of land on the “east side of the Richland Creek including Dunham's Old Station”, and added a second room to the cabin for his growing family. The farm was strategically located on the Chickasaw Trail, . . . Map (db m158279) HM
53 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Belle Meade Links — 129 — Parmer School
In 1927 8.25 acres of the Belle Meade Plantation were acquired from its owner Walter O. Parmer to use for a new school. Parmer School opened that fall as a one-room school with grades 1-3. In 1928 the school was transformed into a modern brick . . . Map (db m147103) HM
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54 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — 178 — Centenary United Methodist Church / Rev. William Gower (1776-1851)
Centenary United Methodist Church Rev. William Gower built the first Gower's Chapel on his farm in 1805. A larger chapel, erected in 1850 on Gower land, also served as the local schoolhouse. On Oct. 5, 1884, the newly named Centenary Methodist . . . Map (db m147425) HM
55 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — DeMoss Cabin
This cabin was the home of Revolutionary War captain Abraham Louis DeMoss, wife Hannah, and their nine children after he bought land near here in 1800. DeMoss named his home Belle Vue, French for “beautiful view” which became the name of this entire . . . Map (db m174300) HM
56 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — 80 — Edwin Warner Park606.7 acres
Edwin Warner (1870-1945) succeeded his brother Percy on the Park Board in 1927 and served for eighteen years. He personally directed the acquisition of most of the Warner Park acreage and supervised WPA development of the property. Warner organized . . . Map (db m147109) HM
57 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — 138 — Hill Forest
In 1910, H.G. Hill, Sr. purchased this 324 acres including an old-growth forest west of downtown Nashville. He refused to allow the trees to be sold for timber and fenced the forest to keep his cattle from damaging the centuries-old trees. Hill . . . Map (db m147416) HM
58 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — 231 — Jesse Shelton DeMoss(1819-1895)
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
59 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — Marine War Memorial
Dedicated to those men of the First Marine Division, FMF who gave their lives in the service of their country World War II • Korea • Vietnam Southwest AsiaMap (db m221577) WM
60 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — Old DeMoss Cemetery
Within the stone walls of this family cemetery are buried some of Bellevue's earliest settlers. Abraham Louis DeMoss (1753-1820) of Huguenot ancestry purchased land on both sides of the Harpeth River in 1800; by constructing a saw mill, a gristmill, . . . Map (db m234958) HM
61 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — 3A 167 — Smith Farmhouse
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
62 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bellevue — 214 — The Myhr House(Maple Row)
In 1906, Norwegian-born Andres Ivarson Myhr and wife Minnie Bolton Myhr acquired land from Tabitha DeMoss and built "Maple Row," named for trees planted along the driveway. Part of Myhr Farm, this was the first house in Bellevue to have indoor . . . Map (db m147420) HM
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63 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bordeaux Area — 3A 235 — The Bordeaux Community and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge/Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge
The Bordeaux Community and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge In 1866, Dr. M. O. Randall applied for a post office in this area, but the community needed a name. Having just returned from a trip to France, he named it Bordeaux. In 1889, . . . Map (db m174140) HM
64 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Bransford Avenue — 241 — Vine Hill / Donau629 Benton Ave.
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
65 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Breeze Hill — 118 — Sunnyside
Home of Mary Benton, widow of Jesse Benton who left Nashville after a famous feud with Andrew Jackson in 1813. The Greek Revival house was built c. 1852 and stood between Union and Confederate lines during the Battle of Nashville in 1864. Prominent . . . Map (db m52851) HM
66 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Burton Valley — 5 — Battle of NashvilleShy's Hill
On this hill was fought the decisive encounter of the Battle of Nashville December 16, 1864. At 4:15 P.M. a Federal assault at the angle on top of the hill broke the Confederate line. Col. W. M. Shy 20th Tenn. Inf. was killed and Gen. T. B. Smith . . . Map (db m53393) HM
67 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Burton Valley — Minnesota
On Shy's Hill on December 16, 1864 Minnesota troops made what historians call the "Decisive Charge in the Decisive Battle of the Civil War" that led to the destruction of the Confederate army of Tennessee. The 5th, 7th, 9th, and 10th Minnesota . . . Map (db m87557) HM WM
68 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Cherokee Park — 58 — Montgomery Bell Academy
Formally established in 1867 with a bequest of $20,000 by ironmaster Montgomery Bell, the roots of M.B.A. actually go back to 1785, with the University of Nashville, Cumberland College, and Davidson Academy. The boy's preparatory school has been . . . Map (db m147170) HM
69 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Chestnut Hill — A History of Restoration
The grounds of the City Cemetery began to decline after it was closed in 1878. The stigma of disease that pushed the City Council to pass ordinances allowing only families with open plots to continue burials all but sealed the fate of Nashville's . . . Map (db m205318) HM
70 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Chestnut Hill — 229 — Dudley Park
Originally known as Chestnut Street Park, land for this South Nashville park was purchased in 1913. That same year, two daughters of Parks Commission chairman Robert M. Dudley — Louise and Rebecca — died in a train accident in . . . Map (db m171873) HM
71 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Chestnut Hill — 3A 123 — Hubbard House
Built about 1921 from donations of Meharry Medical College alumni and trustees, Hubbard House served as the retirement home of Dr. George W. Hubbard, a founder and head of Meharry for 44 years. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places due . . . Map (db m147543) HM
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72 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Chestnut Hill — 3A 184 — Lieutenant Henry Alvin Cameron 1875-1918 / Cameron School
Lieutenant Henry Alvin Cameron (1875-1918). Henry A. Cameron was born on February 4, 1875 to Walter and Jane Bentley Cameron. He attended Pearl Grammar School and completed the eighth grade in 1889. During the academic years of 1905 and 1906, . . . Map (db m166378) HM
73 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Chestnut Hill — 91 — St. Patrick Catholic Church
Erected in 1890 and named for Ireland's patron saint, this Second Empire style church was built to serve South Nashville's growing Irish Catholic population. Until 1954, the Sisters of Mercy taught a grade school here. Since the 1890s, the Irish . . . Map (db m74367) HM
74 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Chestnut Hill — 3A 198 — Tom Wilson Park / Thomas T. Wilson1929-1946 / 1883-1947
Tom Wilson Park 1929-1946 Formerly located near this site was Tom Wilson Park. It opened in 1929 and was home to the Nashville Elite Giants baseball team of the Southern Negro League. Owned by Thomas T. Wilson, the facility was one of two . . . Map (db m147542) HM
75 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, College Heights/Clifton — 3A 177 — Preston TaylorMinister, Entrepreneur, and Business Leader — 1849-1931 —
(side 1) 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
76 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Crieve Hall — Battle of Nashville / Peach Orchard Hill
Battle of Nashville December 15-16, 1864 Following the bloody November 30, 1864 battle at Franklin, Union and Confederate forces met here, in Nashville, in the last major engagement of the Civil War in the West. Led by General John Bell Hood, . . . Map (db m215671) HM
77 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Crieve Hall — 205 — Crieve Hall
The Crieve Hall neighborhood was part of the over 2,000-acre estate of John Overton, on which he built Travellers Rest in 1799. Jesse M. Overton built an English Tudor-style house called Overton Hall near here in 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Farrell . . . Map (db m147409) HM
78 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Crieve Hall — Ellington Agricultural Center
A number of years ago the state of Tennessee acquired this tract of land known as "Brentwood Hall" about eight miles south of Nashville in Davidson County. Eventually the "Brentwood Hall" property was declared surplus by the state of Tennessee, but . . . Map (db m205313) HM
79 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Crieve Hall — Travellers Rest"The proudest moment of my life" — Hood's Campaign —
In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman’s supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman’s “March to the Sea,” Hood . . . Map (db m74373) HM
80 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Crieve Hall — 3A 30 — Travellers' Rest
The first part of this house was built in 1799 by Judge John Overton, one time Revenue Collector for the Mero District of North Carolina, later member of the Tennessee Supreme Court and longtime friend of Andrew Jackson. These two with General James . . . Map (db m25652) HM
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81 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Donelson — 3A 95 — Belmont Domestic Academy
On the present site of Two Rivers High School, Belmont Domestic Academy, a girl's boarding school was founded in 1815. It was conducted by Mr. and Mrs. John J. Abercrombie in a large frame house formerly the residence of David Buchanan. Among the . . . Map (db m151771) HM
82 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Donelson — 130 — Buchanan Log House
James Buchanan (1763-1841) built this two-story single pen log house with hall and parlor plan c1807. The single pen log addition was added c1820 to accommodate the Buchanan family's sixteen children. The house displays a high level of craftsmanship . . . Map (db m147565) HM
83 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Donelson — Stringbean Memorial Dogwood Tree
This Dogwood tree was planted at Opryland on November 28, 1973 as a living memorial to one of the Opry's finest comedic banjo players, Dave "Stringbean” Akeman and his wife Estell Akeman. On November 10, 1973, Akeman and Estell tragically . . . Map (db m201082) HM
84 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Donelson — The Buchanan-Harding HouseThe Origins of Two Rivers
The Buchanan-Harding house is the oldest existing structure on the Two Rivers site. Though no exact construction date exists, David Buchanan is credited with building the house in 1802. He owned the Two Rivers tract between 1794 and 1812. . . . Map (db m219068) HM
85 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Donelson — The Roy Acuff House
Roy Acuff (1903-1992), known as the "King of Country Music", reigned over the Grand Ole Opry for 50 years. Acuff was known for his heartfelt and sincere style of country music. His hits included "Pins and Needles", "Beneath That Lonely Mound of . . . Map (db m201081) HM
86 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Donelson — Two Rivers Mansion
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
87 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Donelson Hills — 181 — The Logue House(Logue Haven)
In 1786, the State of North Carolina deeded this land as part of a 640 acre grant to Revolutionary War Private and land surveyor James Mulherin. The c. 1920 stone American Foursquare dwelling was home to Gilbert Stroud Logue and Emma McEwan Logue. . . . Map (db m147568) HM
88 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — 1933 Tornado in Nashville
On March 14, 1933, a tornado struck the Public Square, damaging and destroying buildings on the north and east sides. The tornado moved through East Nashville and onto Inglewood and Donelson. At least eleven people were killed, including several . . . Map (db m206242) HM
89 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — African Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School Union
One of the last remaining buildings on the Square, 206 Public Square was home to the African Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School Union beginning in 1886, when Rev. Charles S. Smith purchased the building. The A.M.E. Sunday School Union, . . . Map (db m206241) HM
90 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — American Merchant Marine VeteransMid-South Chapter Nashville, Tennessee
★★In Peace and War★★ In Honor of the American Merchant Seamen who Served in All Our Wars Since 1775 Killed in Action in World War II . . . Map (db m207044) WM
91 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — Andrew and Rachael Jacksonthe Jacksons in Nashville
Andrew and Rachel were both born in 1767 - Rachel. in the Virginia frontier and Andrew, in the Waxhaws region in South Carolina. Rachel traveled down the rivers on a flatboat with her family when they moved to Nashville in 1780. Andrew came to . . . Map (db m213216) HM
92 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — Andrew Johnson
Seventeenth President of the United States resided in a house at this site while Military Governor of Tennessee 1862 - 1865 This marker placed by Camps of Greater Nashville Woodmen of the WorldMap (db m207002) HM
93 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — April 19, 1960"And the people shouted with a great shout; so that the wall fell down." - Joshua 6:20
On the 19th of April, 1960, Nashville proclaimed itself a beacon of civility, common sense and reconciliation. Following months of civil rights sit-ins, the home of black City Councilman Z. Alexander Looby was bombed in the early hours of the . . . Map (db m208974) HM
94 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — 3A 180 — Avon N. Williams, Jr.1921-1994
A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Avon N. Williams, Jr., was an attorney, statewide civil rights leader, politician, educator, and a founder of the Davidson County Independent Political Council and the Tennessee Voters Council. In 1950, as a . . . Map (db m147486) HM
95 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — Baptist Sunday School Board Building
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the InteriorMap (db m183248) HM
96 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — 225 — Berger Building / WDAD Radio Station “Where Dollars are Doubled”
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
97 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — 249 — Bettie Mae Page1923-2008
One of six children. Bettie Mae Page graduated from Hume-Fogg High School (1940) and George Peabody College (1944) before moving to New York to work as a model and actress. She became one of the most-photographed pinup models of the 1950s and . . . Map (db m220865) HM
98 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — 3A 209 — Birth of Bluegrass
In December 1945, Grand Ole Opry star Bill Monroe and his mandolin brought to the Ryman Auditorium stage a band that created a new American musical form. With the banjo style of Earl Scruggs and the guitar of Lester Flatt, the new musical genre . . . Map (db m24069) HM
99 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — 83 — Black Churches of Capitol Hill
1. First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill (1848) 2. Gay Street Christian Church (1859) 3. Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church (1887) 4. St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (1898) 5. St. John AME Church (1863) 6. Spruce Street Baptist Church (1848) These . . . Map (db m147484) HM
100 Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Downtown — 226 — Campaign for the Vote
The Nashville Equal Suffrage League was formed nearby in 1911 at the former Tulane Hotel. In coordination with the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association the energetic efforts of women leaders influenced public opinion in the decade ahead. . . . Map (db m163927) HM

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