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"NASHVILLE FIRST BAP CH SPIRE" - First Baptist Church of Nashville, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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"NASHVILLE FIRST BAP CH SPIRE" - First Baptist Church of Nashville, TN
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CuriousBM
N 36° 09.555 W 086° 46.845
16S E 519720 N 4001634
First Baptist Church of Nashville
Waymark Code:
WMPC7G
Location:
Tennessee, United States
Date Posted:
08/07/2015
Published By:
Ernmark
Views:
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01/01/1934 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
01/01/1949 by AMS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY US ARMY MAP SERVICE (NOW DMA) 1949 (EAR) STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
01/01/1953 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (ELJ) STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION, AN ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS- STATION IS THE BASE OF A LIGHTNING ROD ATOP THE SPIRE OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. THE CHURCH IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF BROADWAY AND 7TH AVENUE SOUTH NEAR THE CENTER OF NASHVILLE. IT IS A RED BRICK STRUCTURE WITH A TALL COPPER COVERED SPIRE ATOP, THERE IS A LARGE METAL BALL NEAR THE TOP OF THE SPIRE. THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 125 FEET.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
NASHVILLE FIRST BAP CH SPIRE
Benchmark Agency:
National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
Church Spire
County:
Nashville
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Nashville West (1983)
Special category (optional):
Not listed
Find type:
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NGS PID:
GC2264
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