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Description
Title
Centennial
Park
:
Robertson
monument
base
Contributor(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
,
photographer
Date
1903
Coverage
1900-1909
Property name
Centennial Park
Property type
Park
National Register Reference
08000689
listed
July
15
,
2008
Community Name
Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Description
Color
photograph
of the
base
and a
portion
of the
shaft
of the
Robertson
Monument
erected
in
1903
. The
stone
shaft
was
quarried
and
cut
for the
Centennial
Exposition
and then was
repurposed
to
form
a
monument
to
James
Robertson
,
leader
of a
party
of
settlers
that
founded
Nashville
.
Composed
of
granite
, the
shaft
and
base
combined
rise
fifty
feet
in the
air
.
Commemorative
metal
plaques
are on
all
four
sides
of the
base
.
Historical Notes
Centennial
Park
in
Nashville
is
a
designed
landscape
park
that was
first
created
as a
site
for the
Tennessee
Centennial
Exposition
of
1897
,
celebrating
Tennessee's
admission
to the
Union
. In
1902
the
Exposition
grounds
were
given
to
Park
Board
of the
city
of
Nashville
by the
Nashville
Railway
and
Light
Company
. The
2008
listing
of the
park
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
places
covered
91
of the
132
acres
now
included
in the
park
,
along
with
29
contributing
features
,
including
numerous
buildings
,
sculptures
and
memorials
. The
most
notable
architectural
element
in the
park
is
the
full-scale
replica
of the
Parthenon
,
which
was
originally
constructed
for the
Centennial
Exposition
and then
reconstructed
as a
permanent
concrete
structure
between
1920
and
1931
. The
park's
evolution
over
time
mirrored
new
ideas
and
trends
for
public
recreation
. The
park
grounds
,
buildings
and
features
have been
maintained
for
more
than
one
hundred
years
,
resulting
in a
large
urban
park
that
continues
to be
central
to
life
in
present-day
Nashville
.
Collection Name
Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH
Monuments & memorials
Subject-TGM
Monuments
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Processing notes
Electronic
file
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use
Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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