BGuthrie Photos: TN -- Franklin

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. FRANK_100923_006.JPG: Gen. Gist marker.
2. FRANK_100923_012.JPG: Major road work is going on downtown
3. FRANK_100923_042.JPG: We who saw and knew them well are witnesses to coming ages of their valor and fidelity, tried and true, glory crowned. 1861-1865
4. FRANK_100923_045.JPG: In honor and memory of our heroes both private and chief of the southern confederacy. No country ever had truer sons. No cause nobler champions, no people bolder defenders. Than the brave soldiers to whose memory this stone is erected.
5. FRANK_100923_049.JPG: Would ..... a blame for us if their memory part from our land and hearts and a wrong to them and a shame to us, the glories they won shall not wane from us in legend and lay, our heroes in gray shall ever live over again for us.
6. FRANK_100923_065.JPG: Franklin's Civil War Sites The Battle of Franklin In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta, Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March of the Sea," Hood moved north into Tennessee, where Union Gen. John M. Schofield, detached from Sherman's army, delayed Hood at Columbia and Spring Hill before falling back to Franklin. The bloodbath there on November 30 crippled Hood's force, but the Confederates followed Schofield to the outskirts of Nashville and Union Gen. George H. Thomas's strong defenses. Hood's campaign ended when Thomas crushed his army on December 15-16. Tennessee Civil War Trails invites you to explore both the well-known and the less-familiar places associated with America's greatest drama and historic turning point. Historic sites and recreational opportunities abound in Franklin and Williamson County. Shop at an antiques or specialty store, dine at a variety of fine restaurants, or enjoy a walking tour and discover the wealth of culture, architecture, and history in this once-war-torn, now-peaceful town. Please drive with care as you follow the route of Hood's Campaign.
7. FRANK_100923_069.JPG: In memory of the soldiers of Williamson County who made the supreme sacrifice in the world's greatest struggle for liberty, 1914-1918 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay day his life for his friends."
8. FRANK_100923_072.JPG: Courthouse Williamson County's first courthouses, one log, one brick, were in the center of the square. This this third, completed in 1858 under the supervision of John W. Miller, is one of seven antebellum courthouses in Tennessee. The four iron columns were smeltered at Fernvale and cast at a Franklin foundry. It was used as Federal headquarters during the Civil War and served as a hospital after the Battle of Franklin. The interior was remodeled in 1937, 1964, and 1976. The annex was added in 1976.
9. FRANK_100923_099.JPG: Marty Parish Ligon -- Ronald Sanders Ligon Dedicate this southeast quadrant to their friends and fellow workers who have made Franklin and Williamson County a wonderful place to live and raise their children. Ronald Sanders Ligon, Jr. - John Jefferson Ligon Matthew Courtney Ligon Meg Green Floyd -- Fulton Mayberry Greer, III and our beloved dogs -- Mully and Skye 1991 May all who pass this way receive god's blessing.
10. FRANK_100923_105.JPG: Union Headquarters Planning for Battle -- Hood's Campaign -- In September 1864, after Union Gen. William T. Sherman defeated Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood at Atlanta. Hood led the Army of Tennessee northwest against Sherman's supply lines. Rather than contest Sherman's "March to the Sea," Hood moved north into Tennessee. Gen. John M. Schofield, detached from Sherman's army, delayed Hood At Columbia and Spring Hill before falling back to Franklin. The bloodbath here on November 30 crippled the Confederates, but they followed Schofield to the outskirts of Nashville and Union Gen. George H. Thomas's strong defenses. Hood's campaign ended when Thomas crushed his army on December 15-16. This small building (constructed in 1817 by Dr. Daniel McPhail) was the medical office of Dr. Daniel Cliffe, who lived nearby, in 1864. Cliffe, a former Confederate surgeon, had switched his allegiance to the Union early in the war. After dawn on November 30, 1864, Federal Gen. John M. Schofield arrived in Franklin and established his headquarters in Cliffe's house and office. Throughout the early and midmorning hours, courier and telegraphic activity was brisk here as Schofield directed the construction of defensive positions on the south side of town and made plans for the army to withdraw to Nashville at 6 PM. By 2 PM, Schofield had transferred his headquarters to the Alpheus Truett home, just north of the Harpeth River about a mile away. Schofield did not intend to fight a battle at Franklin, but instead intended to delay the Confederates until the bridges spanning the Harpeth River was repaired, then cross them with his army after dark and march north. But at 4 PM, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood launched his attack. At that time, Schofield and Gen. David S. Stanley were riding from the Truett House toward downtown Franklin. A courier galloped up and told them that the Southern army was commencing a frontal assault. Stanley spurred his horse toward the front, and Schofield rode to Fort Granger. From there he watched Hood's army crash into the Federal works south of town.
11. FRANK_100923_111.JPG: Dr. McPhail's Office 1815
12. FRANK_100923_156.JPG: Former Ticket Office Nashville - Franklin Interurban Offered Service 1907-1941
13. FRANK_100924_005.JPG: Dan German Hospital (1938-1958) The nursing staff included head nurse Ethel Jackson, Betty McDaniel, Mary Ellen Farmer, Stella Prince, Lottie Haffner, Annebelle Waller, Chris and Ann Davis, Sarah Mosley, Evelyn Carlisle, Lourine Veach, Sue Willie Hughes, Willie B. Hood, Mary Ladd, Marjorie Edgmon, Margaret Church and Edna Ragan. Clifton Claybrooks served as janitor and orderly. Pat Wade was bookkeeper. Dr. Harry Guffee (1913-1996) joined the clinic in 1941, served in the U.S. Medical Corps during WWII, and returned to practice in 1946. After the hospital closed in 1958, Graystone Nursing Home provided long-term nursing care until 1997. In 2003 the Heritage Foundation persuaded the Williamson County Commission to save the landmark, when plans called for a parking lot on the site.
14. FRANK_100924_008.JPG: Dan German Hospital (1938-1958) Dr. Dan German (1875-1942) purchased the S.S. and Betty House home in 1937 and immediately began remodeling the mid-nineteenth-century residence into a clinic, veneering the exterior with field-stone. The Review-Appeal best described the hospital's opening: "This clinic fills a long needed hospitalization facility for Williamson County. The building is modern in every respect and contains 12 rooms, consisting of offices for the three doctors, waiting rooms for both white and colored, operating, x-ray and treatment rooms, four rooms for patients and a ward room, baths, modern kitchen, and the second floor is given over to the nurses." A wing was added later to accommodate more patients. Dr. Dan German, Dr. Richard German, D.D.S, and Dr. Tandy Rice opened the clinic in 1938.
15. FRANK_100924_011.JPG: Dan German Hospital
16. FRANK_100924_036.JPG: Pyle Clinic
17. FRANK_100924_039.JPG: The Pyle Clinic (1941-1958) Dr. Walter Pyle (1908-1977) opened his clinic at 407 Church Street in 1941. He acquired this property from CW Harper for $700, building the block and stucco structure for $7,000. As one of the few local full-service clinics, the Pyle Clinic is said to have been the birthplace of more than one-third of Williamson Countians through the 1940s and 1950s. In 1947, Dr. Pyle bought the house next door to the clinic and attached the two structures, opening the second of three hospitals operating in the county. The other medical facilities included the German Hospital and Dr. Johnson's Clinic. Physicians who practiced at the Pyle Clinic included Drs. Adolphus Bray, Parker Elrod, CF Luckey, Vincent DiRenzo, and WIlliam Encke.
18. FRANK_100924_043.JPG: The Pyle Clinic (1941-1958) Nurses practicing at the clinic included head nurse Sara Sherrod, Mildred Stanfield, Polly Johnson, Francis Jackson, and Bonnie Green. An office visit to the clinic cost about $2, or $4 for an overnight hospital stay. It was not unusual for payment to be offered through bushels of garden produce, home- baked pies or fresh game. The Pyle Clinic and Hospital closed in late 1958, after the original Williamson County Hospital opened on West Main Street. Since then, the building has gone on to serve the community. It operated as the Department of Human Services for over twenty years, and more recently has been the home of several successful locally owned businesses.
19. FRANK_100924_067.JPG: Methodist Church This building stands at the church's third location. The original brick sanctuary stood on the east side of First Avenue facing Church Street. Land for it had been given in 1799 by Franklin founder Abram Maury. Pioneer Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury preached there in 1812. The church, relocated in 1830 to the N. E. corner of Second and Church. That building was used as a hospital during the Battle of Franklin. Following the Civil War, the congregation of 238 purchased this triangular lot for $300. Construction began in 1869, with completion in 1871 and expansions in 1882, 1916, 1949 and 1955 . The spire, destroyed in 1927, was replaced in 1995.
20. FRANK_100924_070.JPG: Methodist Church
21. FRANK_100924_074.JPG: Courtney-Bradford House circa 1840
22. FRANK_100924_088.JPG: Lewisburg Avenue Historic District This Historic District, located along Lewisburg Ave. immediately south of what once was the town limit, consisted of 31 houses in 1993. The district's oldest residence is the Otey-Campell House, built by 1840 on the corner of South Margin and Lewisburg Ave.. In the house across the street, long since torn down, Mrs. Canelm Hines ran the Franklin Grove Girls' School from 1829 until her death in the 1850s. Later, her son-in-law, James A. McNutt, was principal of Carnton High School, which was located in the same house. The well-preserved and maintained residences in the district display a variety of styles, including Queen Anne, Italianate, Colonial Revival, Bungalow and English Tudor.
23. FRANK_100924_092.JPG: Otey-Campbell Stewart c 1840
24. FRANK_100924_138.JPG: Methodist Church
25. FRANK_100924_212.JPG: "Bucket of Blood" Neighborhood Franklin's Methodist Church stood on the corner across the street, where the modern-day town homes are located, from 1830 until 1873. Shorter Chapel AME Church used the same brick sanctuary until 1925, before moving to Natchez & Fowlkes Street. By 1910, black laborers working at Lillie Mills were living in factory-owned houses known as the "Bucket of Blood." According to local legend, the colorful name resulted from a knife fight in Pig Hodge's poolroom, in which the victim bled a bucketful of blood. Local African American landowners included Civil War Union veteran Freeman Thomas, Rev. William Perkins, Andrew Patton, Clifton Baugh, Robert German, Sam and Cal Hunter, Amanda Glass, Sister Kelley and WH West.
26. FRANK_100924_215.JPG: Lot 60 at the Corner of Cameron & Church Street In 1887, Rev. Otis O. Knight of Nashville purchased Lot 60, selling the southern half of ex-slave ANC Williams, and the northern half for the construction of Wiley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (1868-1944), an African American congregation, today used by Pull-tight Players. In 1906 William Munch and Docia Owen House purchased this house and lot for $500 and the property remained in the family until 2002. Long and social center of the neighborhood, the House family became well-known for the Patent Leather Kids, a jazz band, which included JD and Arvila "Bybee" House, Fred Williams, Willie Wilson, and George Ball. The house was threatened with demolition until saved by local preservations led by Pearl Bransford and Thelma Battle.
27. FRANK_100924_219.JPG: Hincheyville In early 1819, Alfred Balch, Felix Grundy, James Irwin, Randal McGavock, and James Trimble developed Hincheyville. Franklin's first subdivision. The ninety acres, extending from Fair to Eleventh Avenues, included 26 lots on Fair Street, 25 lots on Main Street, and 8 lots on Bridge Street. The subdivision was named for Hinchea Petway, a wealthy merchant who had owned the land and whose fine brick home, built across Main Street approximately 90 yards west, had to be razed. Hincheyville was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
28. FRANK_100924_221.JPG: Franklin Cumberland Presbyterian Church Founded in 1871 as Franklin's first Cumber- land Presbyterian Church, the cornerstone was laid on June 3, 1876. Designed by H.C. Thompson, architect of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the church was dedicated on April 16, 1877, with the Rev. Thomas Dale serving as first minister. This Gothic Revival church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Hincheyville Historic District in 1982.
29. FRANK_100924_222.JPG: Franklin Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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