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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2B_sampson-w-keeble_Nashville-TN.html
Sampson W. Keeble, barber, businessman, and civic leader, became the first African-American to serve in the Tennessee General Assembly. Serving from 1873 to 1875, Keeble was appointed to the House Military Affairs Committee and the Immigration Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG1N_albertine-maxwell_Nashville-TN.html
Regarded as the symbol of dance in her adopted hometown of Nashville, Ellen Albertine Chaiser Maxwell (1902-96) operated the Albertine School of the Dance (1936-80). She had danced with Chicago Opera, Adolf Baum Dance Co., and Ruth St. Denis Dance…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG11_xvi-corps-line-of-departure_Nashville-TN.html
Supported by a division of Wilson's cavalry, A. J. Smith's Corps moved westward astride Harding Rd, displacing Ector's Confederate Brigade from positions across the pike northward to the west of Richland Creek. This brigade out posted the Confeder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0H_maxwell-house-hotel_Nashville-TN.html
On this site stood the Maxwell House Hotel built by John Overton in 1859. It was destroyed by fire on Christmas Day, 1961. After wartime use as a barracks, hospital and prison, it was formally opened as a hotel in 1869. Presidents Andrew Johnson, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0G_first-masonic-hall_Nashville-TN.html
Across the alley stood the first Masonic Hall in the state, designed by architect Hugh Roland in 1818. Marquis de la Fayette was entertained there in 1825 by Past Grand Master Andrew Jackson. The 17th General Assembly of Tennessee met there in 182…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0D_first-baptist-church_Nashville-TN.html
Organized in 1820, this is the church's third downtown location. The elaborate Gothic tower is all that remains of the Matthews & Thompson building that stood at this location from 1886 to 1967. The Baptist Sunday School Board, now one of the worl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0C_fourth-and-church_Nashville-TN.html
Once Cherry and Spring Street, later Cherry and Church, is rich in Nashville history. Near here, April 2, 1781, Charlotte Reeves Robertson, wife of Colonel James Robertson, turned the pioneers' dogs loose on raiding Indians during the "Battle of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYU_jacksons-law-office_Nashville-TN.html
Andrew Jackson settled in Nashville in 1788 and served as Atty. Gen. until 1796. Lawyer John Overton owned a building here (1791-96) and shared office space with his friend Jackson. Jackson was Tennessee's first Rep. to Congress (1796) and state S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYJ_downtown-presbyterian-church_Nashville-TN.html
From 1814 to 1955 this was the site of the First Presbyterian Church. President Andrew Jackson was received into the church in 1838. James K. Polk was inaugurated governor here in 1839. The building designed in the Egyptian style by William Strick…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYH_birth-of-bluegrass_Nashville-TN.html
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 be…