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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/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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ64_christ-church-cathedral-old-christ-church-1831-1890_Nashville-TN.html
FrontOrganized in 1829, Christ Church was Nashville's first Episcopal parish. The present Victorian Gothic church designed by Francis Hatch Kimball of New York, opened for service on Dec. 16, 1894; the tower , by local architect Russell E. Hart wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIY3_nashvilles-first-public-school_Nashville-TN.html
Nashville's first public school, Hume School, opened here Feb. 26, 1855. A three story brick building, the school employed 12 teachers and served all grades. In 1874 high school classes were moved to Fogg School built on adjoining corner lot. Name…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIY2_nashville-centennial_Nashville-TN.html
The Centennial Exposition on this site in 1880 from April 23 through May 30, marked a century of progress since the founding of Nashville. There were parades, oratory, music; historical, art and commercial exhibits; theatrical performances, and "t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIY1_randall-jarrel_Nashville-TN.html
Distinguished poet, critic, novelist, and teacher. Born in Nasville Hume~Fogg graduated 1931; Vanderbilt bachelor's and master's degrees. Served in U.S. Army Air Corps in WWII. Wrote about losses of war and childhood innocence. Poet Laureate at Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGN8_wallace-university-school_Nashville-TN.html
To prepare young men for College & for life, believing the first object of education to develop character, the second to develop intellect, third to make Christian gentlemen, Wallace University School, directed by Professor Clarence B. Wallace, fl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGN6_saint-thomas-hospital_Nashville-TN.html
On April 11, 1898, at the request of Nashville Bishop Thomas Byrne, the Daughters of Charity opened St. Thomas Hospital on this site in the former home of Judge J.M. Dickinson. Named for Byrne's patron saint, the hospital began as a 26-bed "refuge…
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…
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