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Historic Bemis

South Highland Avenue at Bemis Ln, Jackson, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 34' 31.08", -88° 48' 53.339976"
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Founded in 1900 by Judson Moss Bemis, president of Bemis Brothers Bag Company. Bemis was a cotton mill town, planned by Albert Farwell Bemis and renowned architects Andrew Hepburn and Arthur Shurchiff. A self-contained town, Bemis consisted of a four story mill, worker housing, church, auditorium-theather, schools, company store, YMCA, public bath house, park, post office, and other commercial facilites.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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