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The Center for Historic Preservation Box 80 • Middle Tenne~see State University • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132 April 21, 1995 Terry Wallace Marshall County county Executive Marshall County courthouse Lewisburg, TN 37091 Dear Mr. Wallace: I enjoyed very much meeting you as we gathered information and photographs about the historic "Ladies Rest Room" in Lewisburg. I appreciate your interest, and that of other citizens and county officials in Marshall County, in recognizing the history of this unique place and considering ways of preserving the building and keeping it in use so future generations will recall the rural traditions, history, and values of Marshall County into the next century. By part of our on-going programs to assist local governments in the identification, preservation, and enhancement of their own unique places of history, we will be happy to prepare a nomination of the "Ladies Rest Room" to the National Register of Historic Places. As you well know in Lewisburg, this building is a rare type of historic property. After World War I and through the 1920s, rural reformers, agricultural extension agents, and home demonstration experts urged rural Tennesseans to become more active consumers and participants in town life. Your building was constructed in 1924 by the county court as a special attempt to give rural women who came to shop on the Lewisburg square, or who accompanied their husbands to town when the men had business at the courthouse, a respectable place to stay and "rest" after their shopping was complete and as they waited for their husbands to finish their business in town. I am the Senior Editor of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly and have researched agricultural life in Tennessee. I know of no other remaining "rest rooms" tnat were designed as separate, complete buildings in Middle Tennessee; they may not be any in the entire sta.te! The 1920s were an important period of change in rural life in Tennessee. The "Ladies Rest Room" is a very significant place associated with progressive attempts to improve rural life, to give women a chance to come to town, and to help local merchants better sell their wares. I believe it is clearly eligible for , the National Register of Historic Places. I welcome the · opportunity to help you preserve this building for the future and I look forward to working with you to develop plans for its future use as county offices, meeting rooms, and other useful community functions. (615) 898-2947
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Transcript | The Center for Historic Preservation Box 80 • Middle Tenne~see State University • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132 April 21, 1995 Terry Wallace Marshall County county Executive Marshall County courthouse Lewisburg, TN 37091 Dear Mr. Wallace: I enjoyed very much meeting you as we gathered information and photographs about the historic "Ladies Rest Room" in Lewisburg. I appreciate your interest, and that of other citizens and county officials in Marshall County, in recognizing the history of this unique place and considering ways of preserving the building and keeping it in use so future generations will recall the rural traditions, history, and values of Marshall County into the next century. By part of our on-going programs to assist local governments in the identification, preservation, and enhancement of their own unique places of history, we will be happy to prepare a nomination of the "Ladies Rest Room" to the National Register of Historic Places. As you well know in Lewisburg, this building is a rare type of historic property. After World War I and through the 1920s, rural reformers, agricultural extension agents, and home demonstration experts urged rural Tennesseans to become more active consumers and participants in town life. Your building was constructed in 1924 by the county court as a special attempt to give rural women who came to shop on the Lewisburg square, or who accompanied their husbands to town when the men had business at the courthouse, a respectable place to stay and "rest" after their shopping was complete and as they waited for their husbands to finish their business in town. I am the Senior Editor of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly and have researched agricultural life in Tennessee. I know of no other remaining "rest rooms" tnat were designed as separate, complete buildings in Middle Tennessee; they may not be any in the entire sta.te! The 1920s were an important period of change in rural life in Tennessee. The "Ladies Rest Room" is a very significant place associated with progressive attempts to improve rural life, to give women a chance to come to town, and to help local merchants better sell their wares. I believe it is clearly eligible for , the National Register of Historic Places. I welcome the · opportunity to help you preserve this building for the future and I look forward to working with you to develop plans for its future use as county offices, meeting rooms, and other useful community functions. (615) 898-2947 |