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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EU5_the-temple-cemetery_Nashville-TN.html
The Temple Cemetery was established in 1851 with the purchase of three acres by the Hebrew Benevolent Burial Association and still serves Nashville's first Jewish congregation, The Temple, Congregation Ohabal Sholom. It blends early urban burial g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16GI_ella-sheppard-moore_Nashville-TN.html
Ella Sheppard, an original Fisk Jubilee Singer, lecturer and teacher, was born on February 4, 1851. She entered Fisk in 1868, and was selected to join the group of nine singers that set out on October 6, 1871 to raise funds to save the school. She…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM358_the-john-wesley-work-home_Nashville-TN.html
(Obverse): In 1937 this Victorian-style house became the home of John W. Work III. A teacher and composer for 39 years, he served his alma mater by enriching the Fisk musical traditions. Director of the Jubilee Singers, Work III, a serious compose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM356_thomas-w-talley_Nashville-TN.html
Recognized during his lifetime primarily as a chemist, teacher, and administrator at Fisk University, Thomas W. Talley (1870- 1952) was also Tennessee's first African-American folklorist. A native of Bedford County, he began collecting folk songs …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM355_meharry-medical-college_Nashville-TN.html
Meharry Medical College, established in 1876 through the efforts of Dr. George W. Hubbard, Dr. Willliam J. Sneed, and Samuel Meharry, is the only AMA accredited, privately endowed, predominantly Negro medical school in the world. During its first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QM_arna-wendell-bontemps_Nashville-TN.html
At this site lived Arna W. Bontemps, one of the most prolific contributors to the Harlem or Negro Renaissance. From 1943 to 1965, Bontemps, an award-winning poet, playwright, novelist, biographer, historian, editor, and author of children's books,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FG_james-weldon-johnson-home_Nashville-TN.html
This Dutch Colonial house was built in 1931 for James Weldon Johnson. He served as U.S. Consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua, editor of the New York Age, and field secretary of the NAACP. Johnson's poem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," set to music by h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FF_dr-harold-dadford-west-sr_Nashville-TN.html
1904-1974 In 1927, Dr. West came to Meharry Medical College as Associate Professor of Chemistry. A 1930 Julius Rosenwald Fellowship Recipient and a 1935 Fellow of the General Education Board, he returned to Meharry to serve as the first Ph. D on f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FE_germantown-historic-district_Nashville-TN.html
European immigrants esablished Germantown, the first suburb in North Nashville, in the 1850s. Large bick townhouses stood next to modest workers' cottages, illustrating the area's economic and social diversity. World War I and changes in public at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FD_assumption-church-cardinal-stritch_Nashville-TN.html
(Assumption Church side):Nashville's second oldest Catholic church, dedicated Aug. 14, 1859, its rectory on right was added in 1874, school on left in 1879. The present altar, windows, and steeple were added later. The Germantown neighborhood grew…