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Randall Jarrell 1914-1965 Distinguished poet, critic, novelist, and teacher.... Info
Percy Warner Park 2058.1 Acres Percy Warner (1861-1927) was a pioneer in electric... Info
Votes for Women On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th stat... Info
Lock 2 Park In 1888, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sought t... Info
Una Community The Una community developed around the crossroads ... Info
Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church In 1871, District 6 school commissioners John Bril... Info
W.r. Rochelle (1904-1989) A graduate of Peabody College, William Rayburn Roc... Info
Chickasaw Treaty In 1783, Chickasaw chiefs met with white settlers ... Info
Jewish Community Center Bombing At 8:07 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 1958 a bomb expl... Info
Penny Campbell 1953-2014 An activist for LGBT rights and advocate for peopl... Info
Nashville Centennial 1780-1880 On April 24, 1880, Nashville began a month-long ce... Info
Bradley Studios In 1955, brothers Owen and Harold Bradley built a ... Info
Devon Farm Home of John Davis, early surveyor, who came from ... Info
Two Rivers Mansion Built in 1859 by David H. McGavock, this mansion s... Info
Crieve Hall The Crieve Hall neighborhood was part of the over ... Info
Nashvilles First Public School Nashvilles first public school, Hume School, opene... Info
Sylvan Park School A two-room frame school building was constructed h... Info
Nashville Sit-ins Formerly located at this site was First Baptist Ch... Info
Assumption Church Nashvilles second oldest Catholic church, dedicate... Info
Central High School Founded in 1915 as the first public high school in... Info
Edwin Warner Park 606.7 Acres Edwin Warner (1870-1945) succeeded his brother Per... Info
Johnson's Station In 1783, the State of North Carolina granted Cumbe... Info
Tolbert Hollow George Tolbert, a farmer, bought 97½ acres here i... Info
Madison College Madison College was founded in 1904 as Nashville A... Info
Heaton's Station Heatons Station (also called Old Heaton Station, E... Info
Black Churches of Capitol Hill 1. First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill (1848) 2. Ga... Info
The Jungle and Juanita's Warren Jett opened The Jungle, a restaurant and co... Info
Eighth Avenue South Reservoir This 51 Mil. Gal. Reservoir was built 1887-89 on K... Info
Hydes Ferry Turnpike Here was toll-gate No.2 of the Hyde's Ferry Turnpi... Info
Holly Street Fire Hall Completed in 1914, J.B. Richardson Engine Company ... Info
Clark Memorial United Methodist Church Founded in South Nashville in 1865, Clark Memorial... Info
Logue House In 1786, the State of North Carolina deeded this l... Info
Site of First Store Lardner Clark, Merchant and Ordinary Keeper, came ... Info
Nashville General Hospital Opened on this site February 1890, with a capacity... Info
Woodmont Estates Created in 1937 from the G. A. Puryear farm. It wa... Info
Surrender of Nashville Charles Fuller Home After Union success to north in TN and KY, Col. Jo... Info
Nashville Ymca On May 18, 1875, members of several Nashville chur... Info
Centenary United Methodist Church Rev. William Gower built the first Gowers Chapel o... Info
Germantown Historic District European immigrants established Germantown, the fi... Info
Bmi Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), an organization that ... Info
Percy Priest Lake Construction of the J. Percy Priest Dam and Reserv... Info
The Craighead House This Federal-style home was built c1810 for John B... Info
Rca Studio B RCA Records established a recording studio in this... Info
Powder-grinding Wheels These wheels used by the Confederacy to grind gunp... Info
Rev. Bill Barnes (1931-2017) Reverend William L., Bill, Barnes, a pastor, civil... Info
Nashville Plow Works Site of a farm implement factory operated by Messr... Info
History of Edgehill Edgehills history dates from the decades before th... Info
Richland-west End This early planned subdivision presents a largely ... Info
Bells Bend Bells Bend, first known as Whites Bend, is an 18-s... Info
Richland Park Once a part of the Byrd Douglas plantation, the Na... Info
Tennessee State University Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal S... Info
Woodmont School Woodmont School opened in 1931 on land purchased b... Info
Alex Little Page Green (1806-1874) In 1829, The Rev. Alex Green joined the Methodist ... Info
Fort Negley Site The guns of Fort Negley, commanding three turnpike... Info
Dodson School As early as 1815, school was held nearby at Stoner... Info
Cohn School Designed by architects Asmus and Clark and opened ... Info
Neill S. Brown 1810-1886 Located 125 yards north is the site of Idlewild, h... Info
Manskers First Fort Here on west bank of the creek that he discovered ... Info
Tusculum Elementary School In 1911, after local families petitioned the count... Info
Hca Healthcare In 1968, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) was... Info
The Temple Cemetery The Temple Cemetery was established in 1851 with t... Info
Mud Tavern The Mud Tavern Community developed around the cros... Info
Belmont-hillsboro Neighborhood When Adelicia Acklens estate was sold in 1890, the... Info
Nashville Plan Schools/ Glenn School In Brown v. Topeka (1954) and Brown II (1955) the ... Info
Captain John Rains 1743-1834 On Christmas Day 1779, John Rains led his family a... Info
Grandale Built in the 1830s, rebuilt in 1859, and expanded ... Info
Saint Thomas Hospital On April 11, 1898, at the request of Nashville Bis... Info
Timothy Demonbreun Jacques-Timothe De Montbrun, born on Mar. 23, 1741... Info
Site of Original Gas Works The Nashville Gas Light Co., founded Mar. 1850, wi... Info
Battle of Nashville (december 16, 1864) Confederate Final Stand After the withdrawal from the main Confederate lin... Info
Granny White Grave Lucinda , Granny, White of N.C. acquired 50 acres ... Info
Jacksons Law Office Andrew Jackson settled in Nashville in 1788 and se... Info
The Seeing Eye Independence and Dignity Since 1929 The Seeing Eye, the world-famous dog guide trainin... Info
Brewery at Mill Creek Arthur Redmond, a European brewer who immigrated t... Info
Fehr School Named for local merchant and former school board m... Info
Mary Catherine Schweiss Strobel (1912-1986) Nashville native Mary Catherine Strobel was the fi... Info
St. Patrick Catholic Church Erected in 1890 and named for Irelands patron sain... Info
Vine Street Chirstian Church 138 N. Vine St. Vine Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)... Info
Nashville School of Law Founded in 1911 by the Young Mens Christian Associ... Info
Scarritt College for Christian Workers Established in Kansas City in 1892 by the Methodis... Info
Tanglewood Historic District The Tanglewood Historic District is a rustic style... Info
The Rock Block One of Nashvilles oldest streets, Elliston Place w... Info
Captain Rymans Home On this site stood the residence of Captain Thomas... Info
Dr. Josie Wells Josie Wells came to Nashville in 1900 to attend Me... Info
Cockrill Bend In 1786, the State of N.C. granted Gen. James Robe... Info
Woodbine An early settler of this area was James Menees, at... Info
Gerst House William J. Gerst opened the Gerst House restaurant... Info
Dudley Park Originally known as Chestnut Street Park, land for... Info
Music Row The heart of Nashville's music business, Music Row... Info
General Thomas Overton 1753-1824 Gen. Thomas Overton served in the Revolutionary Wa... Info
Antioch Pike The Mill Creek Valley Turnpike Company was incorpo... Info
Sunnyside Home of Mary Benton, widow of Jesse Benton who lef... Info
Lynching of Samuel Smith The last known or recorded lynching in Davidson Co... Info
Lockeland Spring Located 250 yds. S.E., this famous pioneer spring ... Info
Dr. Matthew Walker Sr. Matthew Walker was born December 7, 1906 in Waterp... Info
Cumberland Park The Cumberland Fair and Racing Association sponsor... Info
Saint Cecilia Academy The name Saint Cecilia, patroness of music was cho... Info
First Baptist Church East Nashville Founded in 1866 under the direction of Rev. Randal... Info
Oglesby Community House Built 1898, the Mary Lee Academy, the second schoo... Info
Club Baron Jefferson Street developed as a vibrant African-Am... Info
Old Hickory Powder Plant Site of the $87,000,000 Old Hickory Powder Plant b... Info
Nashville Academy of Medicine The Nashville Medical Society, the first medical a... Info
Frederick Stump 1724-1822 Frederick Stump, an early settler in the Fort Nash... Info
First Steam Locomotive On Dec. 13, 1850, the first steam engine, Tennesse... Info
Turner Grammar School By 1800 Whitsets Chapel became this areas first sc... Info
Lake Providence Community Soon after the Civil War, freed slave families est... Info
Fall School Fall School, built in 1898, is the oldest public s... Info
Cornelia Fort Airport Cornelia Fort (1919-43), Nashvilles first woman fl... Info
Kurdish Americans in Nashville In 1976 Kurdish immigrants began arriving in Nashv... Info
Battle of Nashville Federal Main Line On Dec. 16, 1864, the Federal 16th Corps under Gen... Info
Vine Street Temple Nashvilles Jewish community began in the 1840s. Ma... Info
Buchanan Log House James Buchanan (1763-1841) built this two-story si... Info
Centenary Methodist Institute Women from the Methodist Training School founded W... Info
Wallace University School 1886-1941 To prepare young men for College & for life, belie... Info
Houstons Law Office Sam Houston, a native of Virginia, moved to Nashvi... Info
Paradise Ridge Named for the Paradise brothers, early settlers fr... Info
Nashville Plan Schools/fehr School In Brown v. Topeka (1954) and Brown II (1955) the ... Info
East Nashville Fire Nashvilles worst disaster by fire occurred Wednesd... Info
Montgomery Bell Academy Formerly established in 1867 with a bequest of $20... Info
Vine Hill William J. Gerst (of the Wm. Gerst Brewing Co.) pu... Info
Julia Mcclung Green 1873-1961 Dedicated educator who served Davidson County publ... Info
Waverly Place About 100 yards east stood Waverly, the home of A.... Info
Tennessee Hospital for the Insane In 1832, the Tenn. legislature approved the states... Info
Woman Suffrage Rallies Centennial Park was the site of May Day rallies he... Info
Betty Chiles Nixon Betty Nixon was a trailblazing woman in Nashville ... Info
Elizabeth Atchison Eakin 1858-1936 Elizabeth Rhodes Atchison, born in Nashville on Fe... Info
Racial Terror Lynchings in America Thousands of African American men, women, and chil... Info
Edmondson Home Site Will Edmondson, born about 1883 of former slave pa... Info
Patsy Cline's Dream House This is the dream house of country music icon Pats... Info
James Carroll Napier James C. Napier (1845-1940), Nashville Negro lawye... Info
Mount Pisgah Community In 1867, Jane Watson deeded land to several Africa... Info
Eastland The Eastwood area, a suburb originally named Eastl... Info
Bradley Studio Hillsboro Village Owen and Harold Bradley built and operated a one-s... Info
Wdad Radio Station "where Dollars Are Doubled" Prior to the Berger Building, Nashvilles first com... Info
Battle of Nashville Attack by U.s. Colored Troops on the Confederate Right Flank After defeating the Confederate army at Franklin, ... Info
First Airfield E. L. Hamptons pasture became Hampton Field when t... Info
Marathon Motor Works This Italianate-style 1881 factory first housed th... Info
Disciples of Christ Historical Society Library and archives of the 19th c. American relig... Info
Nashville Plan Schools/hattie Cotton In Brown v. Topeka (1954) and Brown II (1955) the ... Info
Tolbert Fanning 1810-1874 In 1844, noted educator, evangelist, and agricultu... Info
Hillsboro Toll Gate No. 1 Ten yds. north stood toll gate and toll gate house... Info
Dutchmans Curve Train Wreck The deadliest train wreck in U.S. history occurred... Info
William Walker "grey-eyed Man of Destiny" Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6... Info
Cockrill School Through the efforts of Mark Sterling Cockrill and ... Info
Radnor College Two blocks west, on the hill, stood Radnor, a coll... Info
St. Ann Catholic Church and School St. Ann Catholic Church and School opened here in ... Info
Rev. William Gower (1776-1851) On April 24, 1780, William Gower, age 3½, arrived ... Info
North Nashville High School Located 1100 Clay Street, North Nashville High Sch... Info
Antioch High School Antioch High School opened here in the fall of 193... Info
J. W. Price Fire Hall Constructed in 1892 for Hose Company #1, this buil... Info
Belle Vue The original log part of this house was built abou... Info
Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. In 1943, with a $1000 loan from a friend, Douglas ... Info
Newsoms Mill The original Newsoms Mill was located upstream & w... Info
Cora Howe's "wildings" This house, built from Sewanee stone, was the home... Info
Adolphus Heiman 1809-1862 Born in Potsdam, Prussia. Came to Nashville 1838. ... Info
Belmont Mansion This mansion was built in 1853 as a summer home fo... Info
Loveless Cafe In 1951, Lon and Annie Loveless began serving frie... Info
United Nations Visit to Nashville On June 7, 1976, 101 permanent representatives of ... Info
Girl Scouts of Middle Tenneesee In 1917, five years after Girl Scouts was founded ... Info
Old Hickory Triangle This intersection, known as The Triangle, served a... Info
"western Harmony" Music publishing in Nashville began in 1824 when T... Info
Mcconnell Field In 1927 the City bought 131 acres from Warren Sloa... Info
Jesse Shelton Demoss 1819-1895 Jesse Shelton DeMoss was the grandson of Bellevue ... Info
Nettie Napier Day Home Club Nettie Langston Napier had a Day Home Club on this... Info
United Record Pressing Bullet Records began in 1946 as one of Nashvilles ... Info
Locust Hill Located near Mill Creek, Locust Hill is one of the... Info
Nashville Fire Department The citys first fire-fighting force of volunteers ... Info
May-granbery House and Alford Cemetery Revolutionary War Pvt. John Alford built a two-roo... Info
Major Wilbur Fisk Foster 1834-1922 Chief Engr. Army of Tenn. C. S. A.; Construction E... Info
May Hosiery Mills In 1897, Jacob May and his family moved to Nashvil... Info
The Nashville Brewery The Nashville Brewery was founded by Jacob Stiefel... Info
Transfer Station Site Site of electric street railway transfer station 1... Info
Dorothy Lavinia Brown, M.d. (1919-2004) Dorothy Brown was born in 1919 in Philadelphia, Pe... Info
Hell's Half Acre North and west of the State Capitol was an area ci... Info
Alice Thompson Collinsworth Alice Thompson (1777-1828) married Revolutionary W... Info
Cane Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cane Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church, built i... Info
The Harpeth Hall School On Sept. 17, 1951, Harpeth Hall opened as an indep... Info
The Edgehill Community Established during and after the Civil War, Edgehi... Info
Josephine Groves Holloway 1898-1988 Josephine Holloway graduated from Fisk Univ. with ... Info
Hillsboro High School Hillsboro High School was built in 1939 to serve r... Info
Nashville Plan Schools/buena Vista In Brown v. Topeka (1954) and Brown II (1955) the ... Info
Battle of Nashville (december 16, 1864) Assault on the Barricade During the retreat from Nashville, Colonel Edmund ... Info
Albertine Maxwell Regarded as the symbol of dance in her adopted hom... Info
Myhr House/ Maple Row In 1906, Norwegian-born Andres Ivarson Myhr and wi... Info
Meharry Medical College Meharry Medical College, established in 1876 throu... Info
Historic Bellevue Belle Vue was the name Abraham Louis DeMoss gave t... Info
First Baptist Church Organized in 1820, this is the churchs third downt... Info
Watkins Park Land once known as Watkins Grove was given to the ... Info
Ezell House In 1805 Jeremiah Ezell (1775-1838) moved here from... Info
Christ Church Cathedral Organized in 1829, Christ Church was Nashvilles fi... Info
Mill Creek Baptist Church and Graveyard Mill Creek Baptist Church, mother church of Southe... Info
Luke Lea Heights 5 Miles Ahead on Scenic Drive Luke Lea (1879-1945) envisioned this park, gave to... Info
Blackwood Field In 1921 the State rented land west of Shute Lane a... Info
Tennessee Ornithological Society On October 7, 1915, Dr. George Curtis, Albert F. G... Info
Vine Street Christian Church 4101 Harding Pike Vine Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)... Info
Nashvilles First Radio Station June 1922, Boy Scout John H. DeWitt, Jr., started ... Info
Surrender of Nashville East Bank of the Cumberland On Feb. 25, 1862, Nashville became the first Confe... Info
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church was establi... Info
Rev. Nelson G. Merry The Reverend Nelson G. Merry, born enslaved in 182... Info
Hill Forest In 1910, H.G. Hill, Sr. purchased this 324 acres i... Info
Nashville Plan Schools/ Jones School In Brown v. Topeka (1954) and Brown II (1955) the ... Info
City of Edgefield The portion of East Nashville known as Edgefield, ... Info
Duncan Hotel The Duncan Hotel opened on this site in 1889. The ... Info
Dry-stack Stone Walls Dry-stack stone walls, a Scots-Irish building trad... Info
Scottsboro In 1869, Tom Scott opened a general store 500 yard... Info
Battle of Nashville Peach Orchard Hill On Dec. 16, 1864, Gen. S.D. Lees Corps, Army of Te... Info
West End High School One of Nashvilles best examples of Colonial Reviva... Info
Nashville Porter and Ale Brewery In 1815, T.M. Burland opened a small brewery 1.5 m... Info
Joy Floral Company In 1882, T.S. and T.C. Joy, founders of Joy & Son ... Info
Blue Triangle Ywca The Nashville Blue Triangle, the Negro branch of t... Info
Cardinal Stritch Samuel Stritch, born Aug. 17, 1887, southwest corn... Info
Germantown Brewery District Germantown was home to many 19th-cen. European imm... Info
Belle Meade Golf Links Historic District Platted in 1915 by developer Johnson Bransford, Be... Info
Union Station Erected by the Louisville & Nashville Terminal Co.... Info
Captain Alexander "devil Alex" Ewing 1752-1822 Lt. Alexander Ewing was commissioned in the Contin... Info
Smith-carter House This stone, Monterey-style house was built in 1925... Info
Berger Building In 1926, Samuel W. Berger hired local architect Oz... Info
Tennessee/ Spring Water Brewery In 1858 P. & N. Harsh built a small brewery near F... Info
Grassmere Col. Michael C. Dunn, a landowner and sheriff, bui... Info
Glendale Park Here, near the center of a 64-acre woodland park o... Info
John Trotwood Moore 1858-1929 Tennessee novelist, poet, co-author, four-volume h... Info
The Nashville Race Course The Nashville Race Course, the Burns Island Track,... Info
Kenner Manor Historic District Originally part of the Woodlawn estate, this prope... Info
Battle of Nashville Confederate Line Trenches about 20ft. N of this point, held by Lori... Info
Customs House President Rutherford B. Hayes laid its cornerstone... Info
The Old Woman's Home On Dec. 17, 1891, the Tenn. legislature granted a ... Info
Samuel Watkins 1794-1880 Brick manufacturer and builder, who fought under G... Info
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church This building, renowned for its pure Gothic archit... Info
John Robert Lewis Feb. 21, 1940-july 17, 2020 John Robert Lewis was born on Feb. 21, 1940 to sha... Info
Vauxhall Garden Site Located immediately south, this fashionable place ... Info
Hillwood Estates In 1910, Horace Greeley Hill, Sr. and wife Mamie b... Info
Dudley Field/ Vanderbilt Stadium Dudley Field opened on Oct. 14, 1922. Named for Dr... Info
Clover Bottom Mansion Built in 1858 by Dr. James Hoggatt on land inherit... Info
Rock City Rock City was an African American community establ... Info
Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital Opened in 1927, Riverside Sanitarium and Hospital ... Info
Campaign for the Vote The Nashville Equal Suffrage League was formed nea... Info
Parmer School In 1927 8.25 acres of the Belle Meade Plantation w... Info
Mrs. John Donelson After Col. John Donelson was killed in 1785, his w... Info
Alfred Z. Kelley Nashville barber Alfred Z. Kelley was lead plainti... Info
Battle of Nashville Stewart’s Line Lorings division of Stewarts Corps, Hoods Confeder... Info
Nashville Plan Schools/ Emma Clemons In Brown v. Topeka (1954) and Brown II (1955) the ... Info
Wards Seminary Wards Seminary for Young Ladies, founded in 1865 b... Info
University School of Nashville Founded in 1915 as the successor to The Winthrop M... Info
Contemporary Christian Music Religious music was integral to Nashvilles identit... Info
Jack Clement Recording Studio After success in Memphis with Sun Records, "Cowboy... Info
Site of Waterworks Plant The citys present waterworks was inaugurated at th... Info
Belmont Church and Koinonia Coffeehouse Koinonia (Greek for fellowship) Coffeehouse opened... Info
Duncan College Prepartory School for Boys Marvin T. Duncan, a graduate of Webb School (Bell ... Info
Ryman Auditorium The Union Gospel Tabernacle was built in 1892 afte... Info
Ravenwood Built in 1903 by Judge J.D.B. and Sarah DeBow, the... Info
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company Bank In March 1865, Congress established the Freedmans ... Info
Centennial Park Swimming Pool Opened in 1932, the pool served Nashvilles white c... Info
Bass Park This .2-acre lot was purchased by East Nashville c... Info
Battle of Nashville Shy's Hill On this hill was fought the decisive encounter of ... Info
Old Hickory Works In Jan. 1918, the area known as Hadleys Bend was p... Info
Nashville Trolley Barn A summary - the buildings were built beginning in ... Info