Lockeland Spring - Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County
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N 36° 10.616 W 086° 44.374
16S E 523419 N 4003604
Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County marker no. 24 - Lockeland Spring.
Waymark Code: WMATF
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2006
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Lockeland Spring
Located 250 yards S.E., this famous pioneer spring served Lockeland mansion on site of present school building. Home built by Col. Robert Weakley in early 1800s and named for his wife, daughter of Gen. Matthew Locke of Salisbury, N.C. Spring water won prize a St. Louis Exposition in 1904, for its “unique mineral composition and salubrious quality.”
Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County
Marker reads the same on both sides.