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(UNIVERSITY AREA) DAVIDSON COUNTY- NASHVILLE, TN- 1999 |
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| HISTORY of UNIVERSITY AREA |
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DISCIPLES OF
CHRIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY Library and archives of the 19th American religious unity movement which became the Christian Church, Disciple of Christ. Christian Churches, and Churches of Christ, located here, 1958, in the Thresas W Phillips Memorial. Architect Hoffman & Crumphea, Hart Freeland & Robert, Sculpture Puryear Mims, artist Gus Baker. Contains library and archives of the 19th century American religious movement. Thomas W. Phillips memorial 1835-1912. Alexander Campbell memorial 1788-1866. |
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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 Waldlicin was presented the Cordell Hull Peace Award by the State of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University during the visit. |
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HILLSBORO TOLL
GATE NO 1 Ten yards north stood toll gate and toll gate house erected by Nashville and Hillsboro Turnpike Company, incorporated in 1848. Charges to travel macadamized road could not exceed: horse or mule, 5 cents, 3 cents: 10 sheep, 20 cents: 20 meat cattle, 2.5 cents: carriage drawn by pair of horses or mules, 25 cents. Toll removed in 1903. Toll gate house, enlarged, stands 70 yards northwest. |
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HILLSBORO - WEST
END 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 1910's and 1920's still stand. The Hillsboro - West End neighborhood is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. |
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HILLSBORO
THEATER 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 Mattel. It was the home of the Children's Theatre of Nashville after 1931, the Grand Ole Opry betw4een 1934 and 1936, and the Nashville Community Playhouse after 1937. It became the Belcourt Cinema in 1966. Officially closed its doors in Jan 1999. Belcourt YES signed a 10 yr lease as a major step toward saving theater November 1999 |
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ROGER WILLIAMS
UNIVERSITY The Nashville Institute, renamed Roger Williams University, was located on a 78 acre campus next to Hillsboro Pike from 1874 to 1905. It was the largest of the Baptist schools for African - Americans, influencing many important educators and leaders. The main building, which was destroyed by two fires in 1905, stood at the top of the knoll. |
| CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN UNIVERSITY AREA |
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BATTLE OF
NASHVILLE
(Federal Defenses) The hill to the west was a strong point in the system of permanent Federal defenses, started in 1862, which extended to the river on both sides of the town. Artillery was emplaced here from time to time. |
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ASSAULT ON
MONTGOMERY HILL
(December 15, 1864) 500 yards east of here, Major General T J Wood led an assault by his Iv Corps against the Confederate skirmish line on the hill, eventually carrying it. Attacking the main line about 600 yards south, Wood was unable to take it by direct assault, the divisions of Loring and Walthall holding fast until the Xvi Corps, moving past their left, forced withdrawal. |
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BATTLE OF
NASHVILLE
(IV Corps Jump-Off Line -
December 15, 1864) Using the defensive salien, 500 yards east, Wood's Corps, with the XVI Corps on its right, swung southwest to envelop the left of the Confederate line, 1-1/2 miles south, and pushed it back in spite of determined resistance. The XXIII Corps (Schofield) followed in support. |
| PEOPLE in UNIVERSITY AREA |
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1876 - 1955. Anne Dudley played a significant role in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment by the State of Tennessee. A native of Nashville, she served as president of the Nashville Equal Suffrage League. 1911 - 1913 president of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association, Incorporated 1915 - 1917; and as Vice President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1917. May 1, 1916, Anne Dudley walked from downtown Nashville to Centennial Park to demonstrate her support for the right of women to vote. |
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ANNE DALLAS DUDLEY |
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1854 - 1922 Chief Engineer Army of Tennessee, C S A. Construction Engineer on first rail road bridge in Nashville. City Engineer of Nashville and Member of American Society of Civil Engineers. Director of Works at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1897 and co-founder of Foster & Creighton Company. Elder, First Presbyterian Church. 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. |
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MAJOR WILBUR FISK FOSTER |
| LANDMARKS in UNIVERSITY AREA |
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| NASHVILLE SKYLINE | BELCOURT CINEMA THEATER | FIRE STATION #16 | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE |
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| HILLSBORO VILLAGE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD | ST BERNARD ACADEMY BUILDING | TENNESSEE UNITED METHODIST HEADQUARTERS |
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Building
erected in 1881 to manufacture the Marathon motor car |
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Old church building converted to office building |
| MARATHON MOTOR WORKS | OCEAN WAY OFFICE BUILDING |
| CLUBS & LODGES in UNIVERSITY AREA |
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| CORINTHIAN LODGE F & AM #414 |
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