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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29J_fisk-memorial-chapel_Nashville-TN.html
Fisk Memorial Chapel, deigned by New York architect William Bigelow, was erected in 1892 in memory of General Clinton B. Fisk, a founder of the University. The religious and cultural center of the campus, the Chapel has welcomed foreign dignitarie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28D_desegregating-nashvilles-lunch-counters_Nashville-TN.html
After the pre-dawn bombing of atty. Z. Alexander Looby's home, approx. 3000 civil rights leaders and students from Tenn. St., Fisk, Meharry, American Baptist College, and Pearl High School marched along this route on April 19, 1960, to meet with M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28C_donley-harold-turpin-d-d-s_Nashville-TN.html
1892-1948 Turpin, a 1918 alumnus, was appointed Professor in 1937 and acting dean of the Dental School in 1938. Attesting to his profound devotion to Meharry's School of Dentistry, which was founded in 1886, Turpin gave his personal finances to ke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28B_hulda-margaret-lyttle_Nashville-TN.html
1889-1983In 1913, Hulda M. Lyttle was one of three graduates in the first nursing education class of Meharry's G. W. Hubbard Hospital. In 1916, Lyttle returned to Meharry as Director of Nurse Training. Between 1921 and 1938, she served as superint…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28A_citizens-savings-bank-and-trust-company_Nashville-TN.html
(Obverse)Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company is the oldest, continuously operated African-American bank in the United States. Formerly known as the One-cent Savings Bank and Trust Company and organized for the uplift of African Americans, it o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM289_hadley-park_Nashville-TN.html
In 1912, Nashville officials purchased 34 acres of land to provide a public park for Negro citizens. Originally a part of the John L. Hadley plantation, Hadley Park was dedicated on July 4th. It is considered the first public park in the United St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26O_jubilee-hall_Nashville-TN.html
Erected in 1876, Jubilee Hall was the first permanent structure built on the Fisk University campus. Named for Fisk's world-famous Jubilee Singers, this Victorian Gothic structure is sometimes called "frozen music." Jubilee Hall is a National Hist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM268_freelands-station_Nashville-TN.html
On this site stood one of the principal stations of the Cumberland Settlements. Felix Robertson, son of Col. James Robertson and the first white child born in the Settlement, was born here, Jan. 11, 1781. On Jan. 15 the fort was heavily attacked b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25I_theodore-ted-rhodes_Nashville-TN.html
November 9, 1913 - July 4, 1969 Recognized as the first African-American professional golfer, Theodore "Ted" Rhodes, a native of Nashville, competed on the United Golf Association Tour. A predominately black tour, Rhodes won 150 tournaments from l…
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