Confederate Monument

The Confederate Monument, also known as Chip, or Our Confederate Soldiers, is located on the grounds of the Williamson County Courthouse in the county seat - Franklin, Tennessee, United States.

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Type: Monument
Description: monument in Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Also known as: “Confederate Monument (Franklin)” and “Our Confederate Soldiers”
Inscription: “ERECTED TO / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS / BY FRANKLIN CHAPTER / NO. 14 / DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY / NOV. 30, A.D. 1899” “ IN HONOR AND MEMORY / OF OUR HEROES / BOTH PRIVATE AND CHIEF / OF THE / SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. / NO COUNTRY EVER HAD / TRUER SONS ...”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Williamson County Courthouse and Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7.

Williamson County Courthouse

Courthouse

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The Williamson County Courthouse in Franklin, Tennessee is a historic courthouse. It is a contributing building in the Franklin Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7

Protected area

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The Masonic Hall of Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 is a historic Gothic Revival building on South 2nd Avenue in Franklin, Tennessee. Constructed in 1823, it is the oldest public building in Franklin. Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 is situated 600 feet east of Confederate Monument.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Church

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic church in Franklin, Tennessee, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In 1988, a National Register study of Williamson County historical resources described it as "one of the finest remaining" Gothic Revival style churches in middle Tennessee. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Confederate Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Franklin and Cool Springs.

Franklin

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Franklin is a city of 81,000 people in Tennessee, just a few miles south of Nashville. There are two main areas of interest. One is the Cool Springs area, which is identified by its corporate and retail growth surrounding one of the largest malls in the Southeast, the CoolSprings Galleria.

Cool Springs

Suburb

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Cool Springs is a major commercial center located in Williamson County, Tennessee. Northern portions of Cool Springs fall within the city limits of Brentwood, while the rest is under the jurisdiction of Franklin. Cool Springs is situated 3 miles northeast of Confederate Monument.

Confederate Monument

Categories: work of art and historic site
Location: Williamson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.9252° or 35° 55′ 31″ north

Longitude

-86.86894° or 86° 52′ 8″ west

Open location code

867MW4GJ+3C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 364225058

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

Wikidata ID

Q48977098

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