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Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville. It served as the state capital from 1818 to 1826. Today, it is the largest suburb of Nashville and the sixth-most populous city in Tennessee. The city is both the center of population [8] and the geographic center of ...
Added to NRHP. July 16, 1973. The Rutherford County Courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is a Classical Revival building from 1859. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] It is one of six remaining antebellum county courthouses in Tennessee [2]
April 1, 1982. The Tennessee Theatre is a movie palace in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. The theater was built in 1928 in the 1908 Burwell Building, considered Knoxville's first skyscraper. [1] The theater and Burwell Building were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, [2] and the theater was extensively restored in the ...
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1862 - December 31: Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro during the American Civil War. [ 1] 1869 - Murfreesboro News in publication. [ 6] 1872 - Evergreen Cemetery established. 1892 - Murfreesboro Street Railway begins operating. [ 1] 1899 - News-Banner newspaper begins publication.
1987 Australia. 1988 West End. Sugar Babies is a musical revue conceived by Ralph G. Allen and Harry Rigby, with music by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Al Dubin and various others. The show is a tribute to the old burlesque era. (The show's name is taken from one of many shows on the old Mutual Burlesque wheel of the Roaring Twenties.)
1980. Website. www.tpac.org. The Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is located in the James K. Polk Cultural Center at 505 Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It occupies a city block between 5th and 6th Avenues North and Deaderick and Union Streets. The cultural center adjoins the 18-story James K. Polk State Office Building.
1880s–1952. Formerly of. Fruit Jar Drinkers. David Harrison Macon (October 7, 1870 – March 22, 1952), known professionally as Uncle Dave Macon, was an American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian. Known as "The Dixie Dewdrop", Macon was known for his chin whiskers, plug hat, gold teeth, and gates-ajar collar; he gained ...