Cookeville City Historical Markers

Map of Tennessee State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Cookeville

Cookeville City Historical Markers

Cookeville Churches

Broad Street Church of Christ

Broad Street Church of Christ is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Cookeville Schools

Dixie College

This quadrangle was part of the grounds of the University of Dixie, commonly called Dixie College, chartered 18 Nov. 1909. Jere Whitson and other Cook... [click for more]

Cookeville Courthouse

Putnam County Courthouses

After Putnam County was established in 1854, this site was chosen for its courthouse. Fires destroyed the first building soon after it was erected in ... [click for more]

Cookeville General Interest

Burgess Falls Hydroelectric Station

Burgess Falls Hydroelectric Station is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesPre-TVA Hydroelectric Power Development in Tennessee MPS... [click for more]

Cookeville Railroad Depot

Cookeville Railroad Depot is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Harding Studio

Harding Studio is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Henderson Hall

Henderson Hall is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Israel Putnam (1718-1790)

Putnam County, created in 1842 and re-established in 1854, was named for Major General Israel Putnam, who was commissioned on June 19, 1775 by the Co... [click for more]

Last Stagecoach Hold-Up

Here, about midnight, Oct. 15, 1882, Bug Hunt and the two Edward boys, held up the Cookeville-Nashville stagecoach driven by John Rayburn, robbed mail... [click for more]

The Arcade

The Arcade is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

The Walton Road

Completed 1801, this road ran from Southwest to the junction of Caney Fork with Cumberland River, connecting East Tennessee with the Cumberland Settle... [click for more]

Town Spring

On July 2, 1855, Charles Crook sold forty acres of land to the Putnam County Court for $100. An uncovered spring, located approximately fifty feet nor... [click for more]