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Morgan Park, Nashville, Tennessee, 1926 July
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Title
Morgan
Park
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1926
July
Personal name
Laitenberger
,
Frederick
Topical entry
Parks--Tennessee--Nashville
Urban parks--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville (Tenn.)--Parks
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Hume Street (Nashville, Tenn.)
Fifth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
group
of
adults
and
children
gathered
at
Morgan
Park
,
located
at
Hume
Street
and
Fifth
Avenue
North
in
North
Nashville
,
circa
July
1926
. The
Park
Board
purchased
Frederick
Laitenberger’s
German
beer
garden
occupying
the
block
between
Hume
and
Fifth
Avenue
in
1909
to
provide
a
park
for the
working-class
neighborhood
surrounding
the
Warioto
Cotton
Mills
and the
Morgan-Hamilton
Bag
Company
(later
known
as
Werthan
Mills)
. At the
request
of
Major
E
.
C
.
Lewis
, the
Board
named
the
park
in
honor
of
Samuel
Dold
Morgan
(1789-1880)
,
“The
Merchant
Prince
of
Nashville,”
who
had
founded
the
nearby
textile
mills
and had
owned
similar
mills
at
Lebanon
,
Huntsville
, and
other
cities
.
Morgan
had
served
as
president
of the
state
commission
which
supervised
construction
of the
State
Capitol
building
and was
interred
in the
wall
of that
building
. He was the
uncle
of
Confederate
General
John
Hunt
Morgan
and
during
the
Civil
War
he
manufactured
munitions
for the
Confederacy
. The
Park
Board
developed
the
park
as a
playground
and
arranged
for the
piping
of
mineral
water
to the
park
from a
deep
well
drilled
in
1889
at the
nearby
textile
mills
. The
mineral
(sulphur)
water
was
provided
without
charge
to the
public
, and
many
Nashvillians
visited
the
park
frequently
to
fill
jugs
with the
water
for
home
use
.
Maintenance
of the
fountain
in the
park
ceased
about
1955
and the
mineral
water
outlet
was
relocated
to
Taylor
Street
. As of
1984
, the
park
had
developed
a
new
community
center
,
plus
basketball
courts
, a
ball
diamond
, and a
playground
.
Forms
part
of
Metro
Archives
Record
Group
327
,
Metro
Parks
and
Recreation
Collection
.
1
b
&
w
photograph
.
Creator
Barr-Hime
Co
.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1926-07
Type
Still
Image
;
Photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Parks - Morgan Park - 003 - July 1926
Relation
RG
327
,
Metro
Parks
Collection
Coverage
1920-1929
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
:
Metro
Nashville
Archives
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives: RG 327, Metro Parks Collection
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