tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27503506256276905942024-03-06T02:00:16.886-06:00See Middle TennesseeThe Daily blog of SeeMidTN.com, pictures from Middle Tennessee and nearby cities.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2957125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-15942532761677685142022-05-22T08:30:00.006-05:002022-05-22T08:30:00.253-05:00Elrod Falls<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/48868695477/" title="Elrod Falls"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48868695477_a23576941a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Elrod Falls"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Elrod Falls is a waterfall open to the public in Hancock County, TN. From the town of Sneedville, it's about 7 miles south along highway TN31, then west on Elrod Falls rd. From there, follow a couple of painted rocks which point the way to the parking area. Then, it's about 500 feet up a trail which parallels the stream at the base of the falls. On this day, the waterfall is dryer than normal, as this area had a drought going into Oct. 2019, but it did rain the day before.
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GPS: 36.433980,-83.245350
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This waterfall is about 50 feet tall, and empties into a small but surprisingly deep pool at the bottom. From there it cascades over several more rocks before heading downstream.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-16996511116458606972022-05-21T08:00:00.005-05:002022-05-21T08:00:00.195-05:00207 Main St. (Queen Anne Cottage) - Wartrace, TN<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/2865421023/" title="207 Main St. (Queen Anne Cottage) - Wartrace, TN"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3009/2865421023_307a89a661.jpg" width="500" height="346" alt="207 Main St. (Queen Anne Cottage) - Wartrace, TN"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Comes with a matching hydrant! As of 2021, this home is a solid Dark Blue, trimmed in white.
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This home is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Wartrace Historic District. Here is the description.
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ca. 1880. Queen Anne Cottage. 1 1/2 story, frame, weatherboard, L-plan, gable composition roof, pedimented entry with cut-outs, Palladian serliana, decorative wooden vergeboards, porch supported by Doric columns, spindle balustrade, cornice with deptil, two interior brick chimneys. BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-20969543698484787802022-05-20T08:00:00.009-05:002022-05-20T08:00:00.199-05:00Collierville, TN Train Station<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/19355428999/" title="Collierville, TN Train Station"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/557/19355428999_c5a2b04b5f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Collierville, TN Train Station"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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The train station in Collierville, TN was originally built by Southern Railway for the town of LaGrange, TN. Then, in the 1940's it was moved to Collierville. In 1976, Southern realized there would be no more passenger service and the depot was given to the city and moved to its present location. Now it is on the town square and off of the quite active NS main line.
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now is open as a train museum, which is under the oversight of the Memphis Transportation Museum. There are still some tracks that lead up to this station where the museum has some rolling stock on display. You can read more about the museum here: <a href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/museum-on-a-roll" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/museum-on-a-roll</a>BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-1057214862548708002022-05-19T08:00:00.005-05:002022-05-19T08:00:00.206-05:00Asia (TN) Community School<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/50903862081/" title="Asia (TN) Community School"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50903862081_1208b6763b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Asia (TN) Community School"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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This building certainly needs repair. After it was no longer a school, it was converted to a basketball gym. Portions of the roof and the floor have fallen in.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_School" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_School</a><br>
Asia School is a former segregated school for African Americans in the Asia community of Franklin County, TN.
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For many years, the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church operated a black school on the Asia School site. In 1940, the church transferred the property to Franklin County, which assumed responsibility for the school. The current school building is a concrete-block structure that was completed around 1952. It was operated as a county public school for African-American children until 1961, when the county closed the school and returned the property to the church.
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Four years after Asia School closed, Franklin County integrated its public schools. Asia School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 for its significance as an example of a 20th-century African-American school in rural Tennessee.
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For more info:<br>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015093515/http://www.tn.gov/environment/hist/pdf/asia_school.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">web.archive.org/web/20111015093515/http://www.tn.gov/envi...</a>
BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-24698097160290531232022-05-18T15:40:00.005-05:002022-05-18T15:40:00.198-05:00Idler's Retreat - Smyrna, TN<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/51056552391/" title="Idler's Retreat - Smyrna, TN"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51056552391_b2b6533527.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Idler's Retreat - Smyrna, TN"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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From Wikipedia:<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idler's_Retreat" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idler%27s_Retreat</a><br>
Idler's Retreat, also known as the Dillon-Tucker-Cheney House, is a historic house in Smyrna, TN. It was built circa 1865 by J. D. Dillon. In 1882, it was purchased by John F. Tucker, and renamed Tucker Place. It was designed in the Greek Revival and Italianate architectural styles. By the 1940s, it was inherited by novelist Brainard Cheney's wife. The couple entertained other writers like Robert Penn Warren, Caroline Gordon, Flannery O'Connor and Allen Tate. The house was later inherited by Roy Neel, who served as the chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 19, 2004.
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Other notes:<br>
Original owner Joseph Dillon was a local attorney and Pro-Union legislator.<br>
The home was briefly used as a USO headquarters.<br>
Before the addition of Central Heat in 1957, the home was nicknamed "Cold Chimney's."<br>
The name Idler's Retreat is based on a George Bernard Shaw quote, “A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.”
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Learn more:<br>
<a href="http://rutherfordtnhistory.org/harbers-history-idlers-retreat-served-as-gathering-of-famed-writers/?fbclid=IwAR1cqYd9VYBj2hvWmDQkFr41aLmmN5mEKG98jgNxgfQzPAz-R_9PRUTz3D0" rel="noreferrer nofollow">rutherfordtnhistory.org/harbers-history-idlers-retreat-se...</a> BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-87955345811822964592022-05-17T08:00:00.009-05:002022-05-17T08:00:00.248-05:00Starry Night Clarksville<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/50024704831/" title="Starry Night Clarksville"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50024704831_2a22d60650.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Starry Night Clarksville"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br><br>
This mural is painted by @draftsbyolasubomi features the Montgomery County Courthouse and Customs House museum on a background similar to Van Gogh's Starry Night. It is located off Madison St. near Hiter St. in the parking lot for Dollar General.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-16030781575270891412022-05-16T08:00:00.008-05:002022-05-16T08:00:00.222-05:00Hines Pond & Dam | Tracy City, TN | SeeMidTN.com Presents<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/zgNslQRah18" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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Hines Pond is a nearly forgotten roadside stop along U.S. Highway 41 in Tracy City, Grundy County, TN. The pond is formed by a dam on Fiery Gizzard Creek atop the South Cumberland Plateau.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-73983754134884869142022-05-15T08:30:00.014-05:002022-05-15T08:30:00.185-05:00See Beautiful Rock City atop Lookout Mountain<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/51105808992/" title="See Beautiful Rock City atop Lookout Mountain"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51105808992_4980312c70.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="See Beautiful Rock City atop Lookout Mountain"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br><br>
Only a small number of the barns remain which advertised Rock City, the famed tourist attraction atop Lookout Mountain. The painted part of the barn seen here was originally located along highway US31E/150 in Spencer County, KY. However, after a 2014 highway widening project meant the removal of this barn, it was preserved by the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati.
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Here is a newspaper article of the barn being preserved with some interesting photos:<br>
<a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/10/24/rock-city-ad-sign-different-time/17837595/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/10/24/rock-...</a>
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Using the Google Street View history, here's where it originally was located.<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@38.001264,-85.4910179,3a,75y,168.33h,81.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stx6lIZjE3X8r6ON_PP-Urw!2e0!7i3328!8i1664?hl=en&authuser=0" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.google.com/maps/@38.001264,-85.4910179,3a,75y,168.33h...</a>
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Somehow, I managed to drive right past this barn in 2010 and didn't see it.
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I'm not sure if I should count this one or not, but for now I will. <br>
This is now one of <b>92</b> different Rock City Barns I have photographed and uploaded to Flickr in my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/sets/72057594110803986/">Rock City Barns set</a>. People often ask me how I've found so many of them. I have drawn from many resources such as books and web sites and sometimes luck, but there's not really one "go to" place to find them all. Well, now on my website, I have tried to create a one stop source for the locations of all of the barns I've been to. On my <a href="http://seemidtn.com/maps/rock_city_barns.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Map of Rock City Barns</a> page, <b>I have plotted each barn on a Map</b>.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-80512862150449481652022-05-14T15:27:00.001-05:002022-05-14T15:27:28.542-05:00Oversized Strawberry Crate - Portland, TN<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/51163899185/" title="Oversized Strawberry Crate - Portland, TN"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51163899185_e6a28bda8e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Oversized Strawberry Crate - Portland, TN"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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The claim to fame of the small town of Portland, TN is their annual Strawberry Festival. In 2022, it is this weekend.
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With that in mind, Citizens' Park along Main St. was redesigned in early 2019 with this oversized crate to hold strawberries. Likewise, oversized strawberries were placed around the crate as well as all around the block. Inside the crate are a couple of park benches.
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See a video of the area here:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCoi6HD-Rxo" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCoi6HD-Rxo</a>BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-41526321206897113032022-05-01T07:30:00.007-05:002022-05-01T07:30:00.208-05:00Video: Scenery in Murfreesboro, TN: Overall St. Trailhead | Stones River Greenway<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/LXi5bpTjCik" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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This is one of several entry points for the Stones River Greenway in Murfreesboro, TN, but one I didn't know about until this day. Let's take a moment to enjoy the fall leaves and the babbling brook.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-27039578504888203112022-04-30T07:30:00.002-05:002022-04-30T07:30:00.192-05:00Shelby St. Bridge and Train<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/116188959/" title="Shelby St. Bridge and Train."><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/49/116188959_5bc79f3827.jpg" width="500" height="239" alt="Shelby St. Bridge and Train."></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Here's a view that really doesn't happen anymore. This photo is from 2006.
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I am standing between Adelphia Coliseum and the East Bank of the Cumberland river, as a CSX train is ready to come by, with the Shelby St. Bridge in the backgroundBrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-60910190392057615212022-04-29T07:30:00.002-05:002022-04-29T07:30:00.188-05:00Cohen Building - Downtown Nashville<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/17033613509/" title="Cohen Building - Downtown Nashville"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/5336/17033613509_3feaaca0b3_c.jpg" width="533" height="800" alt="Cohen Building - Downtown Nashville"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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The historic Cohen Building is located in downtown Nashville along Church St. between the Downtown Presbyterian Church and the Viridian. The history of the building is taken from their website:
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<a href="http://cohenbuilding.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">cohenbuilding.com/</a><br>
Meyer and Etta Brinkley Cohen lived on the two upper levels, which had parquet floors, fireplaces in every room, stained-glass windows and wainscoting. Mrs. Cohen lived and entertained here from the time of her marriage in 1897 until her death in 1930. She commissioned lavish carved oak mantelpieces, stained-glass windows, and a grand staircase. In 1925, she deeded her residence and its contents to George Peabody University.
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Obscured from view for a quarter-century by a store awning and boarded-up windows, this impressive building has been uncovered to reveal two white glazed-brick arches that rise from the sidewalk to the top of the second floor. Within the arches are two balustraded loggia with bay windows projecting from the second floor On the first floor of the Cohen building, Meyer Cohen ran a jewelry store. Mrs. Cohen enjoyed the balcony on her bedroom, fronting on Church Street.
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Downtown uber developer and parking mogul, Tony Giarratana, has meticulously restored this once magnificent building to its former prominence. Mr. Giarratana along with Ryan Chapman have chosen the historic Cohen Building as the new home for Giarratana Development and Premier Parking.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-84006544544900013362022-04-28T07:30:00.004-05:002022-04-28T07:30:00.195-05:00Humphreys County Museum - Waverly, TN<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6290800211/" title="Humphreys County Museum - Waverly, TN"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/6041/6290800211_fcb8d18d8e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Humphreys County Museum - Waverly, TN"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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This museum is located inside the Archibald Butterfield House which was built in 1922 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It's located at Fort Hill, which was a Union Civil War fort overlooking Waverly and the important railroad line.
BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-80125326295977869192022-04-27T07:30:00.004-05:002022-04-27T07:30:00.194-05:00Mexican leaf frog - Nashville Zoo<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/28689966905/" title="Mexican leaf frog - Nashville Zoo"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/8402/28689966905_5604b1fbb9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Mexican leaf frog - Nashville Zoo"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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At the Nashville zoo in the Unseen New World building.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_leaf_frog" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_leaf_frog</a>BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-70338721492189444692022-04-26T07:30:00.008-05:002022-04-26T07:30:00.172-05:00Sterchi's Barn - Old US 31E, Sumner County<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6855899075/" title="Sterchi's Barn - Old US 31E, Sumner County"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7183/6855899075_e2e5592a08.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Sterchi's Barn - Old US 31E, Sumner County"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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"It costs less at STERCHI'S to furnish your home"
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Sterchi Barns are an elusive thing. As someone who looks far and wide for advertising barns, there aren't many of these to be found, but they're not really near each other. There's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/6000998547/">this one near blountville</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/5040797471/">this one between Pulaski and fayetteville</a>, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/3715706633/">my favorite one north of Fayetteville</a>. The one here is painted similarly to the previous two. During their heyday, the were the largest furniture store in America. Long out of business, their old warehouse in Knoxville has been turned into loft apartments.
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The road to find this barn is a bit of an elusive thing, too. There are two old routes between Nashville and Louisville, which have been signed US31E and US31W. From there, almost all of US31E between Gallatin, TN and Scottsville, KY has been replaced by a modern smoother and straighter highway. If you'd like a slow leisurely drive that doesn't take you anywhere fast, I'd suggest you get your GPS and drive the old winding road between the two cities. This barn is a couple of miles north of Westmoreland. Before the days of US highways having numbers, back when they were called Auto Trails, this was known as the Andrew Jackson Highway, which follows a small stream through the area. This route dates back to 1911 and connected Chicago and New Orleans via Nashville.
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There's one more thing that's been elusive. Sadly, that's been me taking a photo of the barn I could be happy with. The day I stumbled across this place, I noticed there was nowhere to pull over and there was just enough traffic that I couldn't just stop in the street. The same ad is painted on both sides, and I drove back and forth past it a couple of times. Then, I found on what otherwise would have been my best shot, the sun was hitting the roof is such a way to wash out any evidence of writing. I made a return visit a few months later and again I didn't get a good shot, plus the barn's owner didn't take too kindly to me taking a picture of his barn. (at least that was my impression, I didn't stay any longer to find out.) It pains me that I'll settle with the photos uploaded today, where I've picked one from each side, one from each visit.
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BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-28664241063781938432022-04-25T07:30:00.005-05:002022-04-25T07:30:00.203-05:00First Farmers & Merchants Bank - Columbia, TN<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/40330623401/" title="First Farmers & Merchants Bank - Columbia, TN"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/4610/40330623401_a1dd97167e_c.jpg" width="533" height="800" alt="First Farmers & Merchants Bank - Columbia, TN"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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High St. BranchBrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-66814083581409754432022-04-24T08:30:00.007-05:002022-04-24T08:30:00.196-05:00Norfolk Southern Tennessee River Bridge - Knoxville<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/15278200290/" title="Norfolk Southern Tennessee River Bridge - Knoxville"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/2946/15278200290_f8b2065d82.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Norfolk Southern Tennessee River Bridge - Knoxville"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Located in downtown Knoxville, this railroad bridge now used by Norfolk Southern has elements dating back to the Civil War, but has been rebuilt several times.
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The stone piers and approaches are the oldest element of the bridge, dating back to the 1850s. Wooden spans were completed in 1867. In 1903, wooden spans were replaced with a steel trestle. It underwent a major rebuild in 1940. A tugboat hit one of the piers in 1993 and that pier was fortified. The center span of the bridge is a Pratt through truss and the other segments are Warren deck trusses.
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The original builder of the bridge was Knoxville & Charleston Railroad which chartered in 1852. In the 1870s, they became the Knoxville & Augusta Railway. In 1890, they were bought out by East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway. Then, in 1894 they were bought out by Southern Railway.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-57669894983541412372022-04-23T07:30:00.007-05:002022-04-23T07:30:00.180-05:00Rev. War Major Thomas Kilgore Gravestone<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/49885013383/" title="Rev. War Major Thomas Kilgore Gravestone"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49885013383_7f1277ff2b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Rev. War Major Thomas Kilgore Gravestone"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Recently, I was driving highway TN25 west from Cross Plains, TN when I saw a historic marker for Thomas Kilgore. I saw a stone wall and a gravel driveway, so I turned around to check it out.
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Text of the marker:<br>
One hundred yards south is the grave of Thomas Kilgore, Revolutionary War veteran from North Carolina, close friend of James Robertson, and one of the earliest settlers of this area. Kilgore first visited here at age 62 in 1778 and returned in 1779 to erect an important early stockaded fort, "Kilgore's Station,” which became a point of gathering and departure for the settlers of this part of Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.
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This sign must have moved because the grave is about 5 yards away. The gravestone is obviously newer than 1823. Of note, Kilgore lived to the age of 108. Thankfully, someone must be maintaining this area.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-14299593756279018182022-04-22T07:30:00.005-05:002022-04-22T07:30:00.209-05:00Photo Slideshow | Ashland City & Cheatham County, TN <iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/WqcxV-yDBcM" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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This is a photo slideshow of Cheatham County, including Ashland City and Kingston Springs, highlighting the Courthouse, The Montgomery Bell Tunnel and the Bicentennial Trail converted railroad to pedestrian bridge.
All photos taken by SeeMidTN.com and can be viewed in this gallery:
<a href="https://seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=MidTN-Counties/cheatham-co" target="_blank">https://seemidtn.com/gallery3/index.php?album=MidTN-Counties/cheatham-co</a>BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-85018903981001768782022-04-21T07:30:00.005-05:002022-04-21T07:30:00.197-05:00Civil War Cannon - Dover<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/15124258935/" title="Civil War Cannon - Dover"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3841/15124258935_feea22d86e_c.jpg" width="533" height="800" alt="Civil War Cannon - Dover"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Located across the street from the Stewart County Courthouse is this cannon that was used in the civil war at nearby Fort Donelson.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-26395125625277069222022-04-20T07:30:00.009-05:002022-04-20T07:30:00.199-05:00Big Rock & Scenic Overlook - Sewanee, TN<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/8663001180/" title="Big Rock & Scenic Overlook - Sewanee, TN"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/8255/8663001180_7b2f08f52c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Big Rock & Scenic Overlook - Sewanee, TN"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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In the earliest days of cross country automobile travel, there weren't as many places to pull over and rest, so the early highway departments would add scenic stops with several parking spaces and concrete picnic tables. This would be even more important for the winding drive up a mountain, especially if it was a new or scary experience.
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One of the earliest routes to ascend the Cumberland Plateau in the Monteagle area connected Sewanee at the top to Cowan down below. As the members of the Dixie Highway Association were looking for the best route to cross the plateau, they decided to reuse this early road, making improvements along the incline.
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A more detailed description of this spot comes from the TDOT book Tennessee's Survey Report for Historic Highway Bridges on Page 125:<br>
During the 1920s and 1930s, there was a growing interest nationally in scenic beautification projects along highways. These often included turnouts, or pull-offs, sometimes with small parks or picnic areas. If an impressive view existed, the turnout was called a scenic overlook. During the 1930s, beginning in 1934 in Tennessee, federal relief programs funded “Roadside Development,” “Landscaping,” and “Beautification” projects resulting in landscaping projects and a variety of roadside parks, pull-offs or turnouts, and overlooks. An example is the scenic overlook on the steep western side of Monteagle Mountain. In 1918 Franklin County issued a $300,000 bond issue for road improvements which included a joint project with the state in 1919 to improve a ten mile stretch of the Dixie Highway through the county that contained this pull-off. It is unknown if the original pull-off, which contained a sweeping 400 foot stone wall flanking a massive boulder, pre-dates the 1919 project or if it was built (or enhanced) as part of the project. In 1936 the state spent $11,190 as a National Recovery Highway Project to landscape 5.4 miles of the Cowan to Sewanee section of State Route 15 (the Dixie Highway). The 1936 project, whose plans show the location of the original stone wall, removed the older wall and erected a new wall of rubble masonry 1400 feet long, cut steps into the boulder (7” rise, 12” tread, and 30” width), and paved the parking area with macadam stone. The state also built over 900 discontiguous feet of rubble masonry walls and planted over 2100 trees and shrubbery “grouped in as natural arrangements as possible” on the project.
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While the road was originally part of the Dixie Highway, and then state route TN15, eventually it became US41A/US64. (It is not US64 anymore as that route now meets I-24 and ascends Monteagle that way.) This area is right along the western edge of the Domain of the University of the South. The stone masonry that extends from the left of the boulder eventually meets up with the highway marking the western entrance of the University of the South. When you climb up the steps, you see the surface of the boulder is covered with graffiti covering graffiti. My personal favorite was "Don't fall of and die!!!" (Things dating back to the Thirties don't always have guardrails.) Even still, in the 10 minutes I was here, multiple carloads of young and old passengers stopped for family portraits.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-64845542615985760452022-04-19T07:30:00.007-05:002022-04-19T07:30:00.200-05:00Boyhood Home of Gen. Alexander P. Stewart<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/50837316142/" title="Boyhood Home of Gen. Alexander P. Stewart"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50837316142_75ca02d42a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Boyhood Home of Gen. Alexander P. Stewart"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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This Ca. 1820s brick house is the boyhood home of Confederate General Alexander Peter Stewart in Winchester, TN.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_P._Stewart" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_P._Stewart</a>BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-91011255475658656442022-04-18T07:30:00.004-05:002022-04-18T07:30:00.220-05:00Rock City Game Land sign<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/15533680783/" title="Rock City Game Land sign"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7469/15533680783_5782d65754.jpg" width="500" height="499" alt="Rock City Game Land sign"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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This is an old neon sign with the tubes removed and almost certainly repainted for a new business. This time, Rock City has nothing to do with the tourist attraction atop Lookout Mountain. In this case, Rock City is a small community along US70N in western Smith County, TN.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-22904383293439102572022-04-17T07:30:00.004-05:002022-04-17T07:30:00.192-05:00Victoria, TN train depot<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/25801563435/" title="Victoria, TN train depot"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/1680/25801563435_8c9f8039f2.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Victoria, TN train depot"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Victoria is a small town in Marion County along the Valley View highway (old TN28). Queen Victoria donated a bell to the local <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/9255347840/in/album-72157623669455740/">Bethel Church</a> and the locals showed their gratitude by naming the town after her.
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This brick building was originally a Combination freight and passenger train depot for the Sequatchie Valley Railroad (and eventually NC&StL) likely dating back to the late 1860s. If you look closely, you can see the Victoria name plate above the door.
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Although partially obscured by a tree, there is also a hand-painted sign for Ketner's Feed Mill - "Definite Feeds for Definite needs" - Master Mix Feeds - Custom Grinding, Mixing - Molasses. I don't know if this building was once a store, or if it was simple an advertisement for the nearby <a href="https://flic.kr/p/ehdYoP" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Ketner's Mill</a>.
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Today, the building is a private residence.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350625627690594.post-23786293313174906492022-04-16T07:30:00.003-05:002022-04-16T07:30:00.194-05:00Acme Farm Supply Building - Downtown Nashville<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/18603652688/" title="Acme Farm Supply Building - Downtown Nashville"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/543/18603652688_f9f011d60a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Acme Farm Supply Building - Downtown Nashville"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Located in downtown Nashville at the prominent corner of 1st Ave. and Broadway is the Acme Farm Supply building which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Here is the history of the building, according to Wikipedia:
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It was built in 1890 by J.R. Whitemore as a three-story building. The first tenants were two brothers, Frederic and William Cummins, who rented the building for their grocery store in 1890. It later housed Southern Soda Works, Continental Baking Powder Co., Ford Flour Co., and D. Byrd and Co. In 1913, it housed the Bearden Buggy Co., and a wooden elevator was added to the building to move buggies up and down. It later housed Sherman Transfer Co., Chadwell Transfer and Storage Co., and the Tennessee Wholesale Drug Co.
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In 1943, it housed Acme Feed and Hatchery, known as Acme Farm Supply in 1965. The farm supply store, which sold "straw, feed, wire, tools" and more products needed on a farm, was owned by Currey L. Turner, a businessman from Nashville. His pet calf, Beautena, appeared during commercials at the Grand Ole Opry. In 1980, his son, Lester Turner Sr., bought the building. The store closed down in September 1999. The building, however, is still owned by the Turner family trust. It was for rent in 2000, but it stayed vacant until 2013.
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In 2013, Tom Morales, a restaurateur and owner of TomKats, a catering company for movie sets, as well as several other businesspeople, including country music singer Alan Jackson, leased the building from the Turner family trust through MJM Real Estate Partners LLC to turn it into a restaurant/bar and country music venue. Known as Acme Feed & Seed, it opened in 2014.BrentKMoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00731222182579627373noreply@blogger.com0