"NASHVILLE FIRST BAP CH SPIRE" - First Baptist Church of Nashville, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

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: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: GC2264 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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