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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/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/HM88K_cockrill-spring_Nashville-TN.html
The house of John Cockrill, an early settler, stood about 60 yards north, near a large spring, whose waters ran northeast into Lick Branch, which emptied Great Salt Lick, around which Nashville was founded. A blacksmith shop stood under the great …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RD_pearl-high-school_Nashville-TN.html
(Obverse)Named for Joshua F. Pearl, the city's first superintendent of schools, Pearl was established in 1883 as a grammar school for Negroes and was located on old South Summer Street. It became a high school in 1897 when grades 9 thru 11 were tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FJ_anne-dallas-dudley_Nashville-TN.html
1876-1955Anne Dudley played a significant role in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment by the State of Tennessee. A native of Nashville, she served as president of the Nashville Equal Suffrage League, 1911-15; president of the Tennessee Eq…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FH_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/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/HM26T_the-parthenon_Nashville-TN.html
Erected as the central structure of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1897, this is the only full-scale reproduction of the fifth century B.C. Athenian temple and is exact in almost every detail to the original. The idea of reproducing the magn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26L_battle-of-nashville_Nashville-TN.html
The hill to the west was a strong point in the system of permanent Federal defenses, started in 1862, which extended to the river on both sides of the town. Artillery was emplaced here from time to time.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26K_powder-grinding-wheels_Nashville-TN.html
These wheels used by the Confederacy to grind gunpowder at Augusta, Ga in 1863-1864 were made in Woolwich, England and were shipped on the blockade runner "Spray," via Mobile. After the war Gen. Miles purchased them for use at Sycamore Powder Mill…