Historic Bemis
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N 35° 34.518 W 088° 48.889
16S E 335553 N 3938360
Historic marker in Bemis, TN.
Waymark Code: WM189Z
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2007
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Founded in 1900 by Judson Moss Bemis, president of Bemis Brothers Bag Company. Bemis was a cotton mill town, planned by Albert Farwell Bemis and renowned architects Andrew Hepburn and Arthur Shurchiff. A self-contained town, Bemis consisted of a four story mill, worker housing, church, auditorium-theather, schools, company store, YMCA, public bath house, park, post office, and other commercial facilites.
Marker Name: Historic Bemis
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: 4D 55
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historic Commission
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