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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ70_ward-belmont-college_Nashville-TN.html
In 1913, Belmont College (est. 1890) and Ward's Seminary (est. 1865) merged to form Ward-Belmont College, a women's junior college, preparatory school, and music conservatory on Adelicia Acklen's Belle Monte estate. It was the first junior college…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6Z_belmont-mansion_Nashville-TN.html
This mansion was built in 1853 as a summer home for Joseph and Adelicia Acklen. An 1860 addition by architect Adolphus Heiman expanded the mansion's size to 36 rooms. The entrance to the 177 acre estate, which featured gardens decorated with marbl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRSM_nashville-blacks-in-the-civil-war_Nashville-TN.html
From October - December 1862, on this hill, black laborers helped the Union Army build Fort Negley. In November, blacks helped defend the unfinished fort against Confederate attack. During the Battle of Nashville (December 1864), nearly 13,000 bla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR24_the-nashville-parthenon_Nashville-TN.html
The Nashville Parthenon was built on this site as the centerpiece of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897. The original full-scale replica was intended as a temporary exhibit structure and was constructed of brick, wood and plaster. The bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQCJ_william-carroll_Nashville-TN.html
A native of Pennsylvania, William Carroll moved to Nashville in 1810. He became a successful merchant and hero of the War of 1812. William Carroll served longer as Governor, 12 years, than anyone else in the history of the state. Under his leaders…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ7Z_the-james-gang_Nashville-TN.html
In this building, then a combination saloon and grocery, W.W. Earthman, magistrate and ex-constable of Davidson County, on March 25, 1881, arrested Bill Ryan, alias Tom Hill, ruthless and indiscreet member of the gang, members of which were living…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO8M_the-hermitage_Nashville-TN.html
Home of Andrew Jackson (1767~1845), Major General in the Army, hero of the Battle of New Orleans, and seventh President of the United States. It was originally built in 1819; partially burned in 1834, during Jackson's second term, replaced by the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO7T_holy-rosary-cathedral_Nashville-TN.html
Near here in 1820 the first Catholic Church in Tennessee was built by Irish Catholic workers then building a bridge over Cumberland River. In 1830 a brick structure known as Holy Rosary Cathedral succeeded the frame building. Here Bishop R. P. Mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO4U_tennessee-state-capitol_Nashville-TN.html
Designed by William Strickland, noted Philadelphia architect who also designed the tower of Independence Hall. Construction was commenced in 1845 and completed 1859. Strickland died in 1854 and is entombed in the north portico. His son Francis, su…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK25_fort-negley-site_Nashville-TN.html
The guns of Fort Negley, commanding three turnpikes to the South & Southeast, opened the Battle of Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864. This site was selected by Capt. J. S. Morton as the key strongpoint in the Federal line around the city. The European styl…
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