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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7R_hillsboro-theater_Nashville-TN.html
In 1925, the Hillsboro Theater opened as a silent film house with its entrance on 21st Avenue South. The stage arch was decorated by Italian craftsman, Raffaelo Mattei. It was the home of the Children's Theatre of Nashville after 1931, the Grand O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7P_duncan-college-preparatory-school-for-boys_Nashville-TN.html
Marvin T. Duncan, a graduate of Webb School (Bell Buckle) and Vanderbilt University, founded Duncan School in 1908 at this site on 25th Avenue S. He and his wife, Pauline, taught at the school until it closed in 1952. The Duncans dedicated their l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7O_hillsboro-west-end_Nashville-TN.html
This classic streetcar suburb was developed on farm land as Nashville grew south and west in the late nineteenth century. Built in Bungalow, Tudor, and Colonial Revival styles, many homes from the 1910s and 1920s still stand. The Hillsboro-West En…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ71_federal-defenses_Nashville-TN.html
Near here, the interior defensive lines ran southwest to cross Harding Pike; the total length of these works was about 7 miles. First garrisoned by Wood's IV Corps, it was occupied Dec. 15 by Donaldson's Division of Quarter-master employees. Part …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ70_ward-belmont-college_Nashville-TN.html
In 1913, Belmont College (est. 1890) and Ward's Seminary (est. 1865) merged to form Ward-Belmont College, a women's junior college, preparatory school, and music conservatory on Adelicia Acklen's Belle Monte estate. It was the first junior college…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6Z_belmont-mansion_Nashville-TN.html
This mansion was built in 1853 as a summer home for Joseph and Adelicia Acklen. An 1860 addition by architect Adolphus Heiman expanded the mansion's size to 36 rooms. The entrance to the 177 acre estate, which featured gardens decorated with marbl…
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/HMR24_the-nashville-parthenon_Nashville-TN.html
The Nashville Parthenon was built on this site as the centerpiece of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897. The original full-scale replica was intended as a temporary exhibit structure and was constructed of brick, wood and plaster. The bui…
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/HMQ7Z_the-james-gang_Nashville-TN.html
In this building, then a combination saloon and grocery, W.W. Earthman, magistrate and ex-constable of Davidson County, on March 25, 1881, arrested Bill Ryan, alias Tom Hill, ruthless and indiscreet member of the gang, members of which were living…