Historical Markers
Belle Vue
The original log part of this house was built about 1818 by Abram DeMoss and named for the house his father, Lewis DeMoss, built in 1797 overlooking the Harpeth River a mile southwest. In time the name was given to the Nashville and Northwester Railroad depot and to the U.S. Post Office. Thus the Bellevue community owes its name to this historic site.
Location: Bellevue, 7306 Old Harding Road
Note: The original log part of this house is now thought to have been built by John Garrett. The left front section was built by Thomas Harding around 1802, and the right section which connected the two sections of the house was built about 1820 by Abram and Betsy DeMoss. It was named for the house his father, Lewis DeMoss, built about 1800 overlooking the Harpeth River a mile southeast.
Belmont Mansion
This mansion, designed by an Italian architect, and built in 1850 by Joseph A.S. Acklen and his wife Adelicia, was the center of an extensive estate. Massive gates on Granny White and Hillsboro Pike and tree-lined driveways enhanced the 180 acres that included greenhouses, gardens, zoo, lake, and the largest private art gallery in the South.
Location: Belmont University, mansion entrance
Note: Belmont is now known to be the work of Adolphus Heiman. The first section of the house was completed in early 1853, and the total acreage of the plantation was closer to 175 than 180 acres.
Captain Ryman's Home
On this site stood the residence of Captain Thomas Green Ryman, owner of the Ryman steamboat line and builder of the Union Gospel Tabernacle, renamed Ryman Auditorium after his death in 1904. The Queen Anne frame house with a slate roof, seven gables and two turrets, served as the home of Captain and Mrs. Ryman and their seven children from 1885-1926. The house was razed in 1940.
Location: 500 block, Second Avenue South
Chickasaw Treaty
In 1783, Chickasaw chiefs met with white settlers at a spring 100 yards north and agreed on land rights - the Cumberland country for the settlers, the Tennessee River lands beyond the Duck river ridge for the Chickasaw. This tribe became firm friends with James Robertson and his people, but the settlements suffered many more raids by Cherokees and Creeks.
Location: Marrow Road and Terry Drive
City of Edgefield
The portion of East Nashville known as Edgefield, the name suggested by Gov. Neill S. Brown, was incorporated as a city Jan. 2, 1869. Its approximate bounds were Shelby Ave., Sevier St., So. 10th St., Berry St., Cowan Ave., and the river. Its first mayor was W.A. Glenn and its last was S. M. Wene. It was annexed to the City of Nashville Feb. 6, 1880.
Location: East side Woodland Street Bridge
Clover Bottom Mansion
Built in 1858 by Dr. James Hoggatt on land inherited from his father, Capt. John Hoggatt, a Revolutionary War soldier, this fine Italian villa style home is centered in an area of local historical significance. John Donelson settled early in this rich Stone's River bottom area, followed by Andrew Jackson, who married his daughter, Rachel.
Location: Donelson, 2930 Lebanon Road
Cornelia Fort Airport
Cornelia Fort (1919-43), Nashville's first woman flying instructor volunteer, Army's WAFS, WWII, was the first woman pilot to die on war duty in American history. "I am grateful that my one talent, flying, was useful to my country." she wrote shortly before her death. Miss Fort was lost in a crash over Texas flying a basic-trainer plane, BT 13-A, across the United States.
Location: Cornelia Fort Airport, Airpark Drive
Cumberland Park
The Cumberland Fair and Racing Association sponsored harness racing here 1891-1894. The great match race between Hal Pointer of Tennessee and Direct of California occurred Oct. 21, 1891. Direct won all three heats in record time for a pacing race. Arion, Directum, Kremlin, Robt. J. raced here. Running races 1893-1906 preceded the State Fair 1906.
Location: State Fairgrounds, northwest corner of grandstand.
Customs House
President Rutherford B. Hayes laid its cornerstone in 1877. Designed by Treasury Department architect W. A. Potter, it was occupied in 1882 by collectors of customs and internal revenue, U.S. courts, and Nashville's main post office. Addition to rear began in 1903, wings in 1916. Declared surplus in 1976, then given to the city. It was renovated by the development firm that leased it.
Location: 701 Broadway
Devon Farm
Home of John Davis, early surveyor, who came from N.C. to Nashville in 1788. Davis was an Indian fighter & scout in the State Militia until 1795. He settled on Big Harpeth in 1795-96 and that year built a 1 1/2 story home of handmade brick. The farm, named for Devon cattle bred here, has been owned by seven generations of Davis-Hicks descendants.
Location: East side of Highway 100 past Edwin Warner Park near Devon Farm entrance
Recent research shows that this home was built by Giles Harding who came to Davidson County from Virginia and purchased this tract of land in 1798. Harding's son, Morris Harding, married Fanny Davis, daughter of John Davis. John Davis lived in the area about three miles northwest of the Harding Place. The Hardings had no children, and Fanny's nephew Edward Hicks, a well-known breeder of Devon cattle, inherited the farm after his aunt's death and changed its name from "Oak Hill" to "Devon Farm."
East Nashville Fire
Nashville's worst disaster by fire occurred Wednesday, March 22, 1916. It began at 11:47 a.m. in the rear of Seagraves Planning Mill, 80 yards west, and was swept eastwardly by 44 to 51 mph gales. It was brought under control at 4:30 p.m. near South Tenth and Dew Streets. 648 buildings were burned, 1 life was lost and 3,000 left homeless.
Location: 211 North First Street
Edwin Warner Park 606.7 acres
Edwin Warner (1870-1945) succeeded his brother Percy on the Park Board in 1927 and served for eighteen years. He personally directed the acquisition of most of the Warner Park acreage and supervised WPA development of the property. Warner organized a major Victory Garden program in the park during WWII. Park land west of Old Hickory Blvd. was renamed in his honor in 1937.
Location: Highway 100 at Edwin Warner Park entrance
Eighth Avenue South Reservoir
This 51 million gallon reservoir was built 1887-89 on Kirkpatrick Hill, the site of Federal fort Casino during the Civil War. It is elliptical in shape with axes of 603 and 464.4 feet. Perimeter of wall is 1,746 feet and water depth is 31 feet. Rupture in east wall occurred at 12:10 A.M., Nov. 5, 1912. The interior was waterproofed in 1921. Designated as a National Water Landmark by AWWA, 1971.
Location: Eighth Avenue, South, on entrance steps to reservoir
First Steam Locomotive
On Dec. 13, 1850, the first steam engine, Tennessee No. 1, ordered by the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad arrived at the wharf on the steamboat Beauty from Cincinnati. The one-mile trip on improvised tracks from the wharf to the S. Cherry St. crossing required 4 days of mule power. A one-mile trail run was made from this point on Dec. 27, 1850.
Location: Fourth Avenue, South and Hart Street
Glendale Park
Here, near the center of a 64-acre woodland park owned by the Nashville Railway and Light Co., the Glendale streetcar line turned back toward town. The park opened in 1888 to attract passengers for the railway- originally steam, electric after 1893. A zoo was added in 1912. The park closed in 1932, a casualty of automobiles and the Depression.
Location: 4300 block of Lealand Lane
Granny White Grave
Grave of Lucinda "Granny" White, who settled here in 1803 on 50 acres of land. She died in 1815 at about age 73. Granny White Tavern stood 200' to the north. Famous for its food, brandy, and comfortable beds, it attracted travelers from the Natchez Trace, four miles to the west. Grave restored by General James Robertson Chapter D.A.R.
Location: 5100 block of Granny White Pike in median of Granny White Gap subdivision.
Note: Granny White's tavern was perhaps four mile from the Natchez Trace Road, but not the Natchez Trace.
Grassmere
Col. Michael C. Dunn, a landowner and sheriff, built a home in the Federal style ca. 1810. A grandson-in-law, William D. Shute, received the farm in 1859 and named it Grassmere. Intact following the Civil War, the house was renovated and an Italianate porch added ca. 1880. Margaret and Elise Croft, 5th generation descendants, lived here until their deaths. Wishing to preserve the farm, the sisters gave it to future generations as a "nature study center."
Location: Nashville Zoo
Heaton's Station
On this bluff in 1780, pioneers who came with James Robertson built Heaton's (also called Eaton's) station. It and two other forts (Freeland's and Nashborough) withstood all Indian attacks and saved the Cumberland settlements. On the river below were successively a buffalo ford, ferry, and Lock No. 1. The home of Amos Heaton stood 100 feet north.
Location: Lock and Baptist World Center Roads
Hillsboro Toll Gate No. 1
Ten yards north stood toll gate and toll gate house erected by Nashville and Hillsboro Turnpike Co., incorporated in 1848. Charges to travel macadamized road could not exceed: horse or mule, 3¢; 10 sheep, 20¢; 20 meat cattle, 25¢; carriage drawn by pair of horses or mules, 25¢. Toll removed in 1903. Toll gate house, enlarged, stands 20 yards northwest.
Location: 2219 Twenty-First Avenue, South
Houston's Law Office
Sam Houston, a native of Virginia, moved to Nashville in 1818 to study law with Judge James Trimble. Houston practiced in Lebanon, Tenn., before returning to Nashville to serve as District Attorney (1819-21). In 1821, he opened a law office near this site. He was elected a U.S. Congressman (1823-27), Governor of Tenn. (1827-29), and President of the Republic of Texas (1836-38). Donated by the Nashville Bar Association in 1999.
Location: 400 block of 2nd Ave N. at the Criminal Justice Center
Hyde's Ferry Turnpike
Here was toll-gate #2 of the Hyde's Ferry Turnpike Co., chartered in 1848 to build a road from Nashville to Ashland City and Sycamore Mills. Richard Hyde's ferry crossed the Cumberland 2.6 miles southeast, where the railroad bridge is now. Davidson County paid $10,000 for its part of the road in 1901. Cheatham County bought its portion and freed it from tolls in 1916.
Location: Hyde's Ferry Road and Cato Rod
Note: Davidson County paid $10,000 for its part of the road on January 3, 1902.
Jackson's Law Office
Andrew Jackson settled in Nashville in 1788 and served as Atty. Gen. until 1796. Lawyer John Overton owned a building here (1791-96) and shared office space with his friend Jackson. Jackson was Tennessee's first Rep. to Congress (1796) and state Superior Court judge (1798-1804). He led U.S. troops to victory at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans and was elected President in 1828.
Donated by the Nashville Bar Association
Location: 4th Avenue North and Union Street
Johnson's Station
A double log house and a few log cabins, partially picketed stood here about 1790. On May 9, 1793, 4 children on their way to the spring were attacked by Indians. Three were scalped and killed. One escaped. The home of Charles Bosley, wealthy pioneer and a member of the Nickajack Expedition later stood on this site.
Note: Two of the four children were actually killed.
Lake Providence Community
Soon after the Civil War, freed slave families established farms and dairies in this community named for Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church. The church was founded in 1868 by Rev. Larry A. Thompson, a traveling missionary. The first church building and school stood nearby. Many roads in this area are named for African-American settlers.
Location: 4500 block Nolensville Road
Luke Lea Heights
Luke Lea (1879-1945) envisioned this park, gave to the city in 1927 the original 868 acres, and asked that the land be named for his father-in-law, Percy Warner. Founder of the Nashville Tennessean, Lea was a key developer of Belle Meade, a U.S. senator, organizer and colonel of the 114th Field Artillery, WWI. To honor him the Park Board named a high hill and overlook Lea Heights.
Location: Belle Meade Boulevard at Warner Park entrance
Lockeland Spring
Located 250 yards S.E., this famous pioneer spring served Lockeland mansion on site of present school building. Home built by Col. Robert Weakley in early 1800s and named for his wife, daughter of Gen. Matthew Locke of Salisbury, N.C. Spring water won prize a St. Louis Exposition in 1904, for its "unique mineral composition and salubrious quality."
Location: 100 South Seventeenth Street
Mansker's First Fort
Here on west bank of the creek that he discovered in 1772, Kasper Mansker and other first settlers built a log fort in 1779. John Donelson's family fled here in 1780 for safety from Indians. Mansker abandoned the fort in 1781 and moved to Fort Nashborough. He returned in 1783, built a stronger stockade on east bank of the creek a half mile upstream, and lived there until he died in 1820.
Location: Goodlettsville, Long Hollow Pike before turning off to Moss-Wright Park
Marathon Motor Car
The Marathon motor car was manufactured here 1910-1914 by the Southern Motor Works (later called Marathon). Four models, all touring cars, were powered by engines of 4 cylinders, 30-35 hp and 6's of 50 hp, with wheelbases from 9'8" to 12'5". The plant closed operations in 1914 due to financial difficulties but continued a parts and service business until 1918.
Location: Twelfth Avenue, North, and Clinton Street
Mount Pisgah Community
In 1867, Jane Watson deeded land to several African-American families, many of them her former slaves. First called Watson Town, the community became known as Mt. Pisgah by 1871. The Methodist Episcopal Church North organized a church here in 1866 and bought an acre of land from William Holt in 1869 for a church and school building. The second church building, used 1916-1979, stood along the Owen & Winstead Pike, now Edmondson Pike.
Donated by the Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church
Nashville Centennial 1780-1880
The Centennial Exposition on this site in 1880 from April 23 through May 30 marked a century of progress since the founding of Nashville. There were parades, oratory, music; historical, art and commercial exhibits; theatrical performances, and "the grandest display of fireworks ever seen in Nashville."
Location: Broadway and Eight Avenue, South
Note: According to the May 30 edition of the Daily American, the actual closing day of the Centennial Exposition was May 29, 1880.
Nashville Fire Department
The city's first fire-fighting force of volunteers was formed in May 1807. The first paid Dept. was organized on July 29, 1860, with J. S. Dashiell as chief. Three horse-drawn steam engines were bought. A telegraph alarm system was installed in 1875. Chief A. A. Rozetta used the first auto Nov. 21, 1910. First gasoline driven engines were used Sept. 1912.
Location: 506 Second Avenue, North
Nashville General Hospital
Opened on this site February 1890, with a capacity of 60 beds. Doctor Charles Brower of the University of Nashville Medical Department was appointed Superintendent. In 1891, a school of nursing was opened with Miss Charlotte E. Perkins as Superintendent. This was the first training school for nurses between the Ohio River and New Orleans.
Location: Nashville General Hospital, Hermitage Avenue
Note: The city hospital opened its doors on April 23, 1890.
Nashville Plow Works
Site of a farm implement factory operated by Messrs. Sharp and Hamilton, previous to the War Between the States. With the outbreak of hostilities they reversed the Biblical injunction and produced swords of excellent quality for the Confederacy. With the coming of the Federal Army, the making of swords was discontinued.
Location: Eight Avenue, South, and Palmer Place
The Nashville Race Course
The Nashville Race Course, the "Burns Island Track," 1828-1843, was .6 of a mile north. Here Oct. 10, 1843, was run the then richest race in the world, the $35,000 Peyton Stakes, 4-mile heats, promoted by Bailie Peyton. The winner, owned by Thomas Kirkman, was renamed "Peytona." Ten Broeck and Thora also raced here.
Location: Metro Center, Cumberland Bend and Great Circle Road
Nashville Sit-Ins
Formerly located at this site was First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, headquarters of the 1960s Sit-In Movement, led by Rev. Kelly Miller Smith. Strategy sessions, non-violence workshops, mass meetings, victory celebrations, and administrative offices were here. The well-disciplined Nashville sit-ins served as a model for civil rights demonstrations throughout the South.
Location: Eighth Avenue, North, and Charlotte Pike
Nashville's First Radio Station
June 1922, Boy Scout John H. DeWitt, Jr., started Nashville's first radio station (WDAA) on the Ward-Belmont Campus. Assisted by music teacher G.S. deLuca, he broadcast Enrico Caruso records to the opening of the River and Rail Terminal on the river at Broad Street. DeWitt was WSM radio station's chief engineer, 1932-1942, and president, 1947-1968.
Location: Belmont University Campus Freeman Hall
Newsom's Mill
The original Newsom's Mill was located upstream & was destroyed by flood in 1808. Joseph M. Newsom constructed this turbine-powered grist-mill in 1862 of hand-dressed limestone cut from Newsom's Quarry, a mile south. Newsom's stone is found in many important buildings in the city of Nashville.
Location: Highway 70 and Newsom's Station Road near the Cheatham County line
Oglesby Community House
Built 1898, the Mary Lee Academy, the second school in the Oglesby Community, was named for its first teacher, Miss Mary Lee Clark. The county bought the school in 1906. The name changed to Ogilvie in honor of the land donor, Benton H. Ogilvie, and later became Oglesby. In 1943, the schoolhouse was given back to the Oglesby Community.
Location: Old Hickory Boulevard and Edmondson Pike
Old Hickory Powder Plant
Site of the $87,000,000 Old Hickory Powder Plant built and operated in 1918 by the E. I. duPont deNemours Co., for the United States Government, to make smokeless gunpowder for the Allied Armies in World War I. By the time of the Armistice Nov. 11, 1918, the plant, 75% complete, was producing 750,000 lbs. of powder every 24 hours.
Location: Old Hickory, Swinging Bridge Road and Cinder Road
Percy Warner Park - 2058.1 acres
Percy Warner (1861-1927) was a pioneer in electric utilities and hydroelectric development in the South. As chairman of the Park Board, he expanded Nashville's park system. Preservation of this natural area was one of his greatest civic projects. Named in his honor by the Park Board in 1927, this land constitutes the largest municipal park in Tennessee.
Location: Belle Meade Boulevard at Warner Park entrance
Powder-Grinding Wheels
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 Mills, Cheatham County. They were exhibited at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897.
Location: Centennial Park, northeast corner in rear of park
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Erected in 1890 and named for Ireland's patron saint, this Second Empire style church was built to serve South Nashville's growing Irish Catholic population. Until 1954, the Sisters of Mercy taught a grade school here. Since the 1890s, the Irish Travelers, a unique clan of American nomads, have come here periodically for weddings and funerals.
Location: 1219 Second Avenue South
Saint Thomas Hospital
On April 11, 1898, at the request of Nashville Bishop Thomas Byrne, the Daughters of Charity opened Saint Thomas Hospital on this site in the former home of Judge J. M. Dickinson. Named for Byrne's patron saint, the hospital began as a 26-bed "refuge for the sick," opened a new building in 1902, operated a School of Nursing, and grew to 333 beds before moving in 1974 to 4220 Harding Road. Opposite side: Engraving of Saint Thomas Hospital
Location: Hayes Street and 20th Avenue North
Site of First Store
Lardner Clark came from Philadelphia in the early 1780s with ten horses packed with piece goods, needles, and pins. He established Nashville's first drygoods store in 1786, on a site 30 yards east. The building, which served as store, tavern, and dwelling, faced south and was known as "the house with the piazza."
Location: 214 Second Avenue, North, wall marker
Note: Davidson County records show Lardner Clark suing customers for unpaid bills as early as 1783.
Site of Original Gas Works
The Nashville Gas Light Co., founded March 1850, with General Washington Barrow, President, built first gas works in Tennessee for manufacturing gas from coal. First street lamp was lighted Feb. 13, 1851, at Second Avenue, North, and Public Square. First gas stove was used in 1894. Natural gas piped from Texas was first used in Nashville on August 5, 1946.
Location: 800 Second Avenue, North
Site of Waterworks Plant
The City's present waterworks was inaugurated at this site Oct. 1, 1833. The pumping station was erected on the lower river bluff & the reservoir on the upper rounds. German engineer, Albert Stein, designed and supervised construction. The system cost $55,000, the first bonded debt of the City. A new plant was in operation & this site was abandoned by Apr. 1891.
Location: Nashville General Hospital, Hermitage Avenue
Sunnyside
Home of Mrs. Jesse Benton, widow of Jesse Benton who left Nashville after a feud with Andrew Jackson. Built in the 1840s, restored in the 1920s by Col. Granville Sevier. Two log cabins east of the house, reputed to have been built by the French for trade with the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, may be the oldest structures in Metropolitan Nashville.
Location: Granny White Pike and Kirkwood Avenue in Sevier Park
Note: Deedbook research indicates that the house was built in the 1850s. Documentary and archaeological evidence supports a nineteenth century date for the construction of the log cabins.
Tennessee Ornithological Society
On October 7, 1915, Dr. George Curtis, Albert F. Ganier, Judge H.Y. Hughes, Dr. George R. Mayfield, Dixon Merritt, and A.C. Webb met at Faucon's Restaurant, 419 Union Street, approximately 25 feet east of here, to found the Tennessee Ornithological Society. T.O.S. was chartered by the state for the purpose of studying Tennessee birds. A journal, The Migrant, publishes accurate records of birds across the state. The Birds of the Nashville Area has local records. T.O.S. is the state's oldest conservation group in continuing existence.
Donated in memory of B.B. Coffey (1870-1966).
Location: Union Street and Fifth Avenue, North, wall marker.
Transfer Station Site
Site of electric street railway transfer station 1902-1940. Electric streetcar service began formally on April 30, 1889, replacing mule-drawn streetcars which had served the city since 1866. Final run for electric streetcars was Feb. 2, 1941, on Radnor line. Operation of bus system began Aug. 4, 1940, on Hillsboro-Sunset line.
Location: Third Avenue, North, and Deaderick
Two Rivers Mansion
Built in 1859 by David H. McGavock, this mansion stands on land inherited by McGavock's wife, Willie, from her father William Harding. The smaller house to the left was built in 1802. Dr. James Priestly's Academy, established about 1816, was located on the 1,100 acre farm 1 mile from the mansion on the Cumberland River bluff.
Location: Donelson, 3130 McGavock Pike
Union Station
Erected by Louisville and Nashville Terminal Company and dedicated Oct. 9, 1900, the Romanesque style building of Bowling Green limestone and Tennessee marble was designed by L & N Chief Engineer Richard Montfort. A monument to the grand days of rail travel, the beloved station was renovated in 1986 into an elegant hotel by Union Station, Ltd.
Location: 1001 Broadway
United Nations Visit to Nashville
On June 7, 1976, 101 permanent representatives of the United Nations made a historic and unprecedented group visit to Nashville at the invitation of Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton and Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton. During the visit, the United Nations representatives attended a forum at nearby Vanderbilt University, a special Tennessee luncheon in Centennial Park, and a special performance of the Grand Ole Opry. United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim was presented the Cordell Hull Peace award by the state of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University during the visit.
Location: Centennial Park
Vauxhall Garden Site
Located immediately south, this fashionable place of entertainment was established by Messrs. Decker & Dyer in 1827 and operated for more than a decade. It covered several acres & included a ballroom, dining hall and miniature railroad. Pres. Jackson was honored here on several occasions. John Bell made his famous "Vauxhall Garden Speech" here May 23, 1835.
Location: Demonbreum Street and Ninth Avenue, South
Votes for Women
On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thereby giving all American women the right to vote. After weeks of intense lobbying by national leaders, Tennessee passed the measure by one vote. The headquarters for both suffragists, wearing yellow roses, and anti-suffragists, wearing red roses, were in the Hermitage Hotel.
Location: Union Street and Capitol Boulevard
Waverly Place
On the high ground about 100 yards east stood Waverly, home of A.W. Putman, writer and authority on pioneer James Robertson. Hence the name "Waverly Place" which resulted from a syndicate promotion in the 1880s by J. F. Yarbrough, H. W. Grantland, W. M. Morrison, John White, Baxter Smith, C. L. Ridley, Percy Warner, J. C. Warner and J. F. Wheless.
Location: Eighth Avenue, South, and Benton Avenue
Note: One of the names appearing on the marker is thought to be incorrect. W.M. Morrow is said to have been a member of the syndicate which promoted Waverly Place. City directories of the period list W.H. Morrow.
"Western Harmony"
Music publishing in Nashville began in 1824 when "The Western Harmony" was published by Allen D. Carden and Samuel J. Rogers. A book of hymns and instruction for singing, it was printed by Carey A. Harris on the press of his newspaper, the Nashville Republican, on College Street (now Third Avenue) in this vicinity.
Location: Third Avenue, North, and James Robertson Parkway
Woodbine
An early settler of this area was James Menees, at whose home Mill Creek Baptist Church was formed in 1797. James Whitsitt, first pastor, served over 50 years. Earlier known as Flat Rock, in 1939 this place was renamed Woodbine, after the David Hughes Estates once located on Nolensville Road. In 1919 the L&N R.R. began operation of Radnor Yards.
Location: Nolensville Road and Whitsitt Avenue
Woodmont Estates
Created in 1937 from the G. A. Puryear farm. It was once part of Samuel Watkin's country estate. Olmsted Bros. Landscape Architects designed the roads and lots to flow naturally with the hills, valleys, and brook. Residential development was made possible by the 1915 construction of a concrete road. Known by 1918 as the first documented concrete road in Tennessee.
Location: West Valley Brook and Bear Road