Sam Davis Avenue Historic District - Pulaski, TN
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N 35° 11.808 W 087° 01.651
16S E 497494 N 3894868
Historic District marker erected by the local society
Waymark Code: WM10M8V
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2019
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County of marker: Giles County
Location of marker: Sam Davis Ave. & Highland Ave., near Sam Davis Memorial Museum, Pulaski
Erected: 1989
Marker Text:
SAM DAVIS AVENUE
HISTORIC DISTRICT
Tracing the original eastern city boundary and the Congressional Reservation Line once dividing white and Indian territory. Sam Davis Avenue is named for a Confederate hero hanged by Federals on this hill in 1863. The Historic District, placed on the National Register in 1989, contains outstanding architecture of the 1860~1910 period.