Butler Race Track c. 1825, Memphis Conference Female Institute 1843-1923
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Butler Race Track c. 1825, Memphis Conference Female Institute 1843-1923
Waymark Code: WM1X7G
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2007
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Butler Race Track c. 1825, Memphis Conference Female Institute 1843-1923
William E. Butler, who served as Surgeon-General to Andrew Jackson in New Orleans owned a race track located on this block. Jackson and his wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson, attented races here in 1825. In 1843 Dr. Butler donated the site for a school for young women of the Mid-South known as the Memphis Conference Female Institute. After eighty years the school was relocated in Jackson as a coeducational institution and was renamed Lambuth College.
Marker Name: Butler Race Track c. 1825, Memphis Conference Female Institute 1843-1923
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: 4D 37
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commision
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