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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FC_watkins-park_Nashville-TN.html
Land once known as Watkins Grove was given to the city in 1870 by brick maker and contractor Samuel Watkins. It served as a site for political gatherings, school commencements and concerts. This became Nashville's first public park in 1901. Park B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FB_richardson-house_Nashville-TN.html
This house, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1905 as the home of Reuben B. and Mary Knowles Richardson. Richardson, who served as Capt. of Eng. Co. No.4 from 1893 to 1923, was one of the first Blacks to obtain this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FA_adolphus-heiman_Nashville-TN.html
Born Potsdam, Prussia. Came to Nashville 1838. Lived in home on this site. Architect, Engineer & Builder; Designed Univ. of Nash. Main Bldg., Central State Hosp. Main Bldg., Suspension Bridge over Cumberland River. Masonic Leader; Adj. U.S. Army M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F9_academic-building-at-fisk-university_Nashville-TN.html
The Academic Building at Fisk University was designed by Nashville architect Moses McKissack and was made possible by a gift from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. On May 22, 1908, William H. Taft, later 27th President of the United States, laid the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F8_fisk-university_Nashville-TN.html
Fisk University, founded in 1866 by the American Missionary Association, was chartered in 1867 to provide higher education for men and women regardless of race. Named for General Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F7_samuel-allen-mcelwee_Nashville-TN.html
Born a slave in Madison County, Samuel McElwee began teaching school in Haywood County at the age of 16. In 1882, he was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives and one year later was graduated from Fisk University. The only African Amer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F6_carl-van-vechten-art-gallery_Nashville-TN.html
This building, completed in 1889, was the first gymnasium built at any predominantly black college in the United States. In 1949, it was rededicated as an art gallery and named in honor of Carl Van Vechten, a New York music critic, author, photogr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F5_the-little-theatre_Nashville-TN.html
The Little Theatre, circa 1860, is the oldest structure on the Fisk University campus. Erected as part of a Union Army hospital barracks during the Civil War, it was known as the "Railroad Hospital." The interior was remodeled for use as the Fisk …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F3_talley-brady-hall_Nashville-TN.html
Talley-Brady Hall was named for well-known African-American chemists Thomas Talley and Saint Elmo Brady, both graduates of Fisk University. Talley was chairman of the chemistry department from 1902 to 1927. In 1916 Saint Elmo Brady was one of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F2_cravath-hall_Nashville-TN.html
This neo-Gothic structure first served as the Erastus M. Cravath Memorial Library. Named for Cravath, the university's first president (1875-1900), it was designed by Nashville architect Henry Hibbs and built in 1929-30. The interior walls depict …