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Greenwood Park
Elm Hill Pike, Nashville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 8' 38.7708",
-86° 43' 20.7696"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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At this location in 1905, Preston Taylor, a Nashville business-man, religious leader, and former slave, established the first park to serve Nashville's Negro community. Greenwood Recreational Park included a ball park, swimming pool, amusements, and picnic facilities. The park served as the site of the Negro state fair and Boy Scout summer camp. Greenwood preceded the city's public park for Blacks by 7 years and remained opened until 1949.
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Greenwood Park Historical Marker Location Map, Nashville, Tennessee Map
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