La Grange Historical Marker
3rd Street (State Highway 57), La Grange,
TN,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 2' 43.319976",
-89° 14' 37.919976"
Settled in 1819 on the site of an Indian trading post, it was named for General La Fayette's ancestral home in France. He visited La Grange in 1824 and called it the """"Beautiful Village."""" Its location on a bluff made it a natural military post; during the
3rd Street (State Highway 57)
La Grange Churches Immanuel ChurchImmanuel Church is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Immanuel ChurchThis Protestant Episcopal Church was first established as a mission in 1832, consecrated in 1843. Rev. Samuel George Litton was its missionary and fir... [click for more]
La Grange Historic Homes & Houses Home of Lucy Holcombe PickensThe Queen of the Confederacy was born here January 11, 1832. In 1858 she married Francis Pickens, United States Ambassador to Russia and later Governo... [click for more]
Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens HouseThis house was the birthplace of Lucy P. Holcombe Pickens (June 11, 1832 - Aug. 8, 1899), a noted beauty of ante-bellum days and the most famous perso... [click for more]
La Grange General Interest La Grange City Historical MarkerSettled in 1819 on the site of an Indian trading post, it was named for General La Fayette's ancestral home in France. He visited La Grange in 1824 an... [click for more]
LaGrange - Union Supply BaseFederal forces occupied LaGrange during the war, 1862-1865, and made it an important supply base. Gen. William T. Sherman established his headquarters... [click for more]
The Gloster - Anderson GraveyardAbout a mile south was the burial site in 1854 of Mrs. Mary Hayes Willis Gloster, founder of Immanuel, the first Episcopal church to be consecrated in... [click for more]
Woodlawn This house was built in 1828 by Major Charles Michie, a veteran of the War of 1812. During the War between the States it was for a time headquarters ... [click for more]
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