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Oaklawn Garden

7831 Poplar Pike, Germantown, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 4' 48.380412", -89° 48' 7.834896"
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The house was built in 1854 on Wm. Carter's land.
Its 493 acres were subdivided in 1872. In 1918 Fritz Hussy and Mamie
Cloyes owned and named 20 acres Oaklawn Garden. Harry and Becky Cloyes
established a botanical garden and museum of historic items, including:
Germantown's 1942 fire truck and the first jail, a Southern Railway 1889
boxcar and a Norfolk and Western 1944 caboose.

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