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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2X_mcgavock-confederate-cemetery_Franklin-TN.html
In the spring of 1866, the bodies of Confederate soldiers killed at the Battle of Franklin were exhumed from their temporary graves and reburied here, on this two-acre plot adjacent to Carnton, home of John and Carrie McGavock. Over about ten week…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2W_willow-plunge_Franklin-TN.html
Opened in 1924, this was the largest outdoor concrete swimming pool in the South. Willow Plunge was owned, and for many years operated, by the Claiborne Kinnard family. Water was piped 1,023 feet from a spring to the willow-shaded double pool whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2P_allen-manufacturing-company_Franklin-TN.html
This complex of ten depression-era buildings, with a total of 310,000 square feet, housed four different factories over its industrial lifetime. The buildings were built for the Allen Manufacturing Co. (stove manufacturers) in 1929. More than $100…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2N_natchez-street-community_Franklin-TN.html
After the Civil War, Natchez Street became Franklin's primary African-American community. Black businesses included: Undertakers J.T. Patton, Maggie Betsy Prince, Henry Ewing; Plumber Morton Thomas; Plasterer Bud Cheatham; Bricklayers Son Scruggs,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2D_lot-60-at-the-corner-of-cameron-church-street-bucket-of-blood-neighborhood_Franklin-TN.html
(side 1)Lot 60 at the Corner of Cameron & Church Street
In 1867 Rev. Otis O. Knight of Nashville purchased Lot 60, selling the southern half to ex-slave A.N.C. Williams, and the northern half for the construction of Wiley Memorial Methodist Epi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2B_franklin-cotton-factory-and-foundry-lillie-mills_Franklin-TN.html
(side 1)Franklin Cotton Factory and Foundry
Dyer Pearl, Thomas Parkes and Joseph L. Campbell established a manufacturing operation for production of cotton and woolen goods on this 3.5 acres site in 1825. The first steam powered loom in the sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B24_original-st-philip-catholic-church_Franklin-TN.html
James Woods, a local farmer, sold this property in 1847 to Bishop Miles of Nashville. He purchased the land with $400 in gold donated by the Franklin Female Academy for the purpose of building a church. Thus was begun the St. Philip Catholic Commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B23_riverview_Franklin-TN.html
Built in 1902 by Henry Hunter Mayberry (1861-1931), a native of Williamson County and a man of integrity, broad vision and generosity. He was the developer of Franklin's water system and gave the only spring large enough to service it. In 1908 he …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B22_john-price-buchanan_Franklin-TN.html
Born 3 miles, NE, Oct. 24,1847; member of the Legislature, 1887 to 1891, he was governor from 1891 to 1893. Elected by a farmer-labor coalition, his administration was marked by labor unrest and reform, extension of the public school system, and g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B20_leigh-morgan-property-at-grassland_Franklin-TN.html
(Side One)
In 1898 Thomas J. and Mattie Dudley Leigh purchased a 103-acre parcel of land on the west side of Hillsboro Pike in the area known as the Grassland community. Supporting the family as farm land and orchids, the property evolved into …