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Radio Center Building
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Building erected 1851 Called the Radio Center Building Is oldest building on the square Is the only three-story building on the Square WKSR occupied building 1995 1420 AM & FM radio Located upstairs Giles County’s oldest radio station Features Country Music Nature’s Harvest Occupied building 1995 |
| 100 South Second Street(2) | Giles County Chamber of Commerce occupied building 1995 |
| 100 North Second Street (3) | Building erected 1890 Early tenants included: Thomas Martin’s General Store Neill S Brown Law Office Pine Tree Café The Peddler Gatepost Gallery occupied building 1995 |
| 104 North Second Street (4) | Building erected 1980 General Supply Corporation occupied building 1995 Pulaski Industrial & Electric occupied building 1995 |
| 106 North Second Street (5) | Building erected 1890 An early tenant was Bennett May Furniture Company The Image Taker occupied building 1995 |
| 110 North Second St (6) | Building erected 1867 Originally built as Governor John C Brown’s law office Kevin Walker Antiques occupied building 1995 |
| 114 North Second Street (7) | Building erected 1960 Daly’s Classic Menswear occupied building 1995 |
| 116 North Second Street (8) | Building erected 1995 Watkins Pawn & Loan Exchange occupied building 1995 |
| 120 North Second Street (9) | Building erected 1900 Bobby Harwell Partners Real Estate occupied building 1995 York, Dillingham & Co, CPA’s occupied upstairs in building 1995 |
| 126 North Second Street (10) | Building erected 1900 Building listed on Historic Register Sunshine Cleaners occupied building 1995 |
| 128 North Second Street (11) | Building erected 1900 District Public Defender’s Office occupied building 1995 |
| 130 North Second Street (12) | Building erected 1885 Building occupied early years by a restaurant HBA Rapid Print occupied building 1995 |
| 134 North Second Street(13) | Building erected 1885 Andrew Hoover Law Offices occupied building 1995 |
| 138 North Second Street (14) | Building erected 1885 Called Bannister Hall, and was a public meeting place Was an old jail before Civil War Sam Davis imprisoned in Jail before being hung in 1863 Other early tenants included: Sam Davis Theater J A Sloan Wholesale Company Tennessee-Alabama Wholesale Groceries, 1906 Hunter & Smith Furniture Co occupied building 1995 |
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200 West Jefferson Street (15) First United Methodist Church
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Organized 1831 Building erected 1895 Cost was about $30,000 Was built in style of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Jackson, TN A fire did extensive damage, 1934 Church rebuilt |
| 112 West Jefferson Street (16) | Building erected 1935 Some early tenants included: Robinson-McGill Buggy Store Lester’s Garage Deason’s Hardware Hagan Drug Store Bates Hardware Pulaski’s Furniture World occupied building 1995 |
| 106 West Jefferson St (17) | Building erected 1935 Harwell’s occupied building 1995 |
| 104 West Jefferson St (18) | Building erected 1935 Occupied in early years by Isaac’s Racquet 10-Cent Store Beasley’s occupied building 1995 |
| 102 West Jefferson Street (19) | Building erected 1889 An early tenant was Wilkerson’s Ladies Store Quality Stamps Redemption Center occupied building 1995 |
| 100 West Jefferson St (20) | Building erected 1889 Served early years as New York Dry Goods Store Factory Connection occupied building 1995 |
| 201 North First Street (21) | Building erected 1920 Reeves Drug Store was an early tenant Stone Porter & White Livery Stable was located directly behind building Government & Industrial Supply occupied building 1995 |
| Pulaski Plaza Building (22) | Building erected 1917 |
| 107 East Jefferson St | Hair Productions occupied building 1995 |
| 109 East Jefferson St | Skylark Beauty Salon occupied building 1995 |
| 119 East Jefferson St | At Your Fingertips occupied downstairs of building 1995 |
| 133 North First Street | Jesse’s Gunsmithing occupied building 1995 |
| 135 North First Street | American General Life & Accident Insurance Company occupied building
1995 Hershell D Kroger Law Office occupied building 1995 Howell Forrester Law Office Occupied building 1995 |
| 133 North First Street (23) | Building erected 1912 Grand Prix Gifts occupied building 1995 |
| 131 North First Street (24) | Building erected 1912 The Equitable Financial Companies occupied building 1995 Mitchell Bookkeeping occupied building 1995 Wanda Smithson, CPA occupied building 1995 |
| 129 North First Street (25) | Building erected 1912 Splendid Solutions occupied building 1995 |
| 125 North First Street (26) | Building erected 1912 Reeves Drugs occupied building 1995 |
| 119-121 North First Street (27) | Building erected 1912 Early tenants: Long Brothers Store Short Brothers & Stone Store Sol Cohn’s Store National Stores occupied building 1995 Woodmen of the World occupied basement of building 1995 |
| 117 North First Street (28) | Building erected 1870 Occupied early as Cheek’s Bakery Served beer in back of store Sold bread and bakery goods from wagon in city The Morris Shoppe occupied building 1995 Bridal-N-Formal occupied building 1995 |
| 115 North First Street (29) | Building erected 1870 The Outlook occupied building 1995 |
| 113 North First Street (30) | Building erected 1870 First Realty Group & Larry Garner Auctions occupied building 1995 |
| 111 North First Street (31) | Building erected 1870 Abernathy Hardware occupied building 1995 Have been in business since 1891 |
| 109 North First Street (32) | Building erected 1868 Merle Norman Studio occupied building 1995 The business was originally the stairway to the Opera House |
| 109 North First Street (33) | Fire destroyed entire East side of Square, late
1860’s Building erected 1868 Was built as the Antoinette Hall Opera House Was renamed Pulaski Opera House, 1884 Opera House closed in the late 1930’s Early tenants included: Craig Brothers Drug Store Sumpter Drug Store Martin Drug Store Morris Harwell & Son occupied building 1995 Opened store 1954 |
| 103 North First Street (34) | Building erected 1870 Building occupied early years by Union Bank Pulaski Performing Arts Center occupied building 1995 |
| 101 South First Street (35) | Building erected 1895 An early tenant was the Telephone Office Exchange The building was unoccupied 1995 |
| 103 West Madison Street (36) | Building erected 1883 Building is only one on the block that did not burn , 1882 Early tenants include: Roseneau Corner Dry Goods Clothing Store Was called "Dutch Corner" Winstead’s Shoe Store Levinsons Clemmons & Green Hardware Sports World occupied building 1995 |
| 105 West Madison St (37) | Building erected 1883 Building originally occupied by Loyd’s Drug Store The Clothes Pen occupied building 1995 |
| 107 West Madison Street (38) | Building erected 1883 An early tenant was Young Furniture Rost Jewelers occupied building 1995 |
| 109 West Madison Street (39) | Building erected 1883 Early tenants include: Murray Optometrist Gordon Shivas Optometrist Joseph F Fowlkes Law Office occupied building 1995 |
| 113 West Madison Street (40) | Building erected 1883 Early tenants included: Giles County’s "Best Theater" Pigg & Parsons Men’s Store Electrolux Sales & Service occupied building 1995 |
| 115 West Madison Street (41) | Building erected 1883 An early tenant was Gallahar’s Discount Clothing Store Village Properties occupied building 1995 |
| 117 West Madison Street (42) | Building erected 1883 Early tenants included: Grace Baptist Church Peoples Bank Bank of Giles County Etta Rae’s Children’s Store City Finance Company occupied building 1995 |
PEOPLE
| Count Kazimierez Pulaski | City named after Was a Polish exile Pulaski was killed in a Revolutionary War battle Became a war hero |
| John Adams Historic Sign |
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Born in Nashville, July 1, 1825 Graduated from the Military Academy, 1846 Served as an officer of the First Dragoons Commanded a brigade in Confederate Army of Tennessee Was killed at Franklin on November 30, 1864 He is buried in cemetery 300 yards north of sign |
| Gabriel Moses McKissack Historic Sign |
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Born in Giles County 1840 His father was a master craftsman Moses became a carpenter under his father’s teaching Established first Black architectural firm in Nashville Many Giles buildings have McKissack’s influence He died 1923 |
HOMES
| Abernathy-Johnson Home Building erected 1885  |
Anthony-Hollandsworth Home Building erected 1905  |
Aymett-Washburn Home Building erected 1891  |
Blow-Rogers Home Building erected 1885  |
| Booth-Arthur Home Building erected 1914  |
Brown-Daly Home Houses the Colonial Bank of Tennessee 307 W. Madison Purchased by Governor John C. Brown 1855 |
Brown-Daly-Horne Home Building erected 1869 Remodeled 1901  |
Buford-Stone-Cardin Home Building erected 1909  |
| Colonial Hall |
Flournoy-Ballentine-Mackey Home Building erected 1836  |
Hideaway A home  |
Holt-Agee-Vaughn Home Building erected 1900  |
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