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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15W1_holy-trinity-episcopal-church_Nashville-TN.html
This building, renowned for its pure Gothic architecture and harmony of proportions, was designed by Wills & Dudley of New York, in a style suggesting and English village church. The cornerstone was laind May 7, 1852, by Bishop James Otey. The chu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15VZ_vauxhall-garden-site_Nashville-TN.html
Located immediately south, this fashionable place of entertainment was established by Messrs. Decker & Dyer in 1827 and operated for more than a decade. It covered several acres & included a ballroom, dining hall and miniature railroad. Pres. Jack…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15VS_marathon-motor-car_Nashville-TN.html
The Marathon Motor Car was manufactured here 1914-1916 by Southern Motor Works (later called Marathon). Four models, all touring cars, were powered by engines of 4 cylinders, 30/35 hp, & 6s of 50 hp, with wheelbases from 9'8" to 12'5". The plant c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14WR_bmi_Nashville-TN.html
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), an organization that collects performance royalties for songwriters and music publishers in all genres of music, opened its doors in New York in 1940. BMI was the first performance rights organization to represent what…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14FL_bradley-studios_Nashville-TN.html
In 1955, brothers Owen and Harold Bradley built a recording studio in the basement of a house on this site. They added another studio here in an army Quonset Hut, producing hits by Patsy Cline, Red Foley, Brenda Lee, Marty Robbins, Sonny James, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1471_lieutenant-james-simmons-timothy_Nashville-TN.html
This tree was planted May 24th 1919 by the Catholic Children of Nashville in grateful memory of Lieutenant James Simmons Timothy of the 80th Company, 6th Regiment U.S.M.C.who was killed in action at Belleau Wood, France,June 14th 1918, aged 25 yea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM133D_the-parthenon_Nashville-TN.html
The world's only replica of the Parthenon, epitome of Greek culture, was the central building at Tennessee's Centennial Exposition, May 1 thru October 31, 1897. The original temple, dedicated to Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom occupied the most sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM117Z_nashville-academy-of-medicine_Nashville-TN.html
The Nashville Medical Society, the first medical association in Tennessee, was founded March 5, 1821, by 7 physicians in the log courthouse on the Public Square. Pres. was Dr. Felix Robertson, first white child born in Nashville. Chartered Sept. 4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PE_remnants-of-the-university-of-nashville_Nashville-TN.html
These Ionic column capitals once adorned the Cumberland College building constructed in 1806 just south of downtown Nashville. Originally founded in December 1785 as Davidson Academy (the nation's 15th college), Cumberland's charter was altered in…
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…