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Rally Hill is a historic mansion in Columbia, Tennessee, U.S.. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 16, 1984. History. The house was built c. 1848 for James Walker, President James K. Polk's brother-in-law.
Lynching of Henry Choate. Henry Choate was an 18-year-old African-American teen who was lynched by a mob in Columbia, Tennessee, on November 13, 1927. [2] Choate was accused of having assaulted 16-year old Sarah Harlan, a white girl, and was taken to the Columbia jail, despite Harlan not being able to identify Choate as the attacker.
Athenaeum (Tennessee) / 35.6141611°N 87.0413944°W / 35.6141611; -87.0413944. The Athenaeum Rectory is a historic building in Columbia, Tennessee that features both Gothic and Moorish architectural elements. Completed in 1837, the building originally served as the rectory for the Columbia Female Institute and as the residence of the ...
Columbia is a city in and the county seat [5] of Maury County, Tennessee. The population was 41,690 as of the 2020 United States census. [6] Columbia is included in the Nashville metropolitan area . The self-proclaimed " mule capital of the world," Columbia celebrates the city-designated Mule Day each April.
Zion Presbyterian Church (Columbia, Tennessee) / 35.59889°N 87.14500°W / 35.59889; -87.14500. The Zion Presbyterian Church is a historic building in Maury County, Tennessee. The church was built between 1847 and 1849 of brick in the Greek Revival style. [1] President James K. Polk attended a school conducted by the church.
Maury County ( / ˈmʌri / MURR-ee) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Middle Tennessee region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,974. [2] Its county seat is Columbia. [3] Maury County is part of the Nashville-Davidson – Murfreesboro – Franklin, TN metropolitan statistical area .
Lynching of Cordie Cheek. James Cordie Cheek (1916 – December 15, 1933 [3]) was a 17-year-old [4] African-American youth who was lynched by a white mob in Maury County, Tennessee near the county seat of Columbia. After being falsely accused of attempting to rape a young white girl, Cheek was released from jail when the grand jury did not ...
Sheila Keckler Butt (born November 20, 1951) is an American politician from Columbia, Tennessee, currently serving as the mayor of Maury County. Butt is the former Republican Majority Floor Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives and she formerly represented House District 64, encompassing the cities of Columbia, Mount Pleasant, and Spring Hill in parts of Maury County, Tennessee.