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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCR_votes-for-women_Nashville-TN.html
On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thereby giving all American women the right to vote. After weeks of intense lobbying by national leaders, Tennessee passed the measure by on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCQ_hillsboro-toll-gate_Nashville-TN.html
Ten yds. north stood toll gate and toll gate house erected by Nashville and Hillsboro Turnpike Co., Incorporated in 1848. Charges to travel macadamized road could not exceed: horse of mule, 3 cents; 10 sheep, 20 cents; 20 meat cattle, 25 cents; ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCP_disciples-of-christ-historical-society_Nashville-TN.html
Library and archives of the 19th c. American religious unity movement which became: the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Christian Churches; and Churches of Christ. Located here, 1958, in the Thomas W. Phillips Memorial. Architects: Hoffman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCO_university-school-of-nashville_Nashville-TN.html
Founded in 1915 as the successor to The Winthrop Model School at the University of Nashville, Peabody Demonstration School was established at this site in 1925 to utilize the teacher training methods developed at George Peabody College for Teacher…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCL_a-being-so-gentle-and-yet-so-virtuous_Nashville-TN.html
Rachel Jackson quietly suffered through Jackson's bid for the White House, as his enemies attacked the circumstances of their marriage. Although Jackson easily won the presidency, Rachel dreaded the gossiping whispers of Washington's social circle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCK_the-jackson-family-cemetery_Nashville-TN.html
Andrew Jackson's strong sense of family extended beyond those he embraced during his lifetime.
Reaching into the future to touch generations yet to come, he deeded a small portion of the garden in trust to serve as a family cemetery. Stones mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCG_the-hermitage-garden_Nashville-TN.html
As with all living things, the Hermitage Garden cannot be wholly defined by any particular moment in time. Gardens grow and change. Few records tell us about the appearance of the garden Andrew Jackson enjoyed. Jackson hired gardener William Frost…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCF_the-architectural-evolution-of-the-hermitage_Nashville-TN.html
Like its landscape, so too have the homes of the Hermitage been touched by time and circumstance. Andrew and Rachel Jackson's first Hermitage home was a substantial and well-furnished two-story log farmhouse, where they lived from 1804 until well …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBS_the-hermitage-mansion_Nashville-TN.html
Elegant as it is, The Hermitage Mansion is also a prime example that, indeed, beauty sometimes does lie "in the eye of the beholder." Andrew Jackson's visitors got their first good look at his home as they rounded the graceful curves of its cedar-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBQ_governors-mansion_Nashville-TN.html
A residence built on this site in 1910 served as the residence of the governors of Tennessee from 1921 until 1949, when a residence on Curtiswood Lane was acquired by the state. Governors who lived here were Alfred Taylor, Austin Peay, Henry Horto…