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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
George E Kessler Architect
1899/00/00
1904/00/00 Nathan Bedford Forrest In Memoriam The remains of Nathan B Forrest and his wife Mary Montgomery Forrest are exhumed from at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis and interned in a granite monument at Forrest Park, two blocks from the site of Nathan's death.

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Particulars for Forrest Park Historic District:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Beaux Arts
Area of Significance Commemorative Property
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Historic Use Park
Other Description Picturesque



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th March 2009

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Forrest Park Historic District
Registry Address: S. Manassas St. and Union Ave.
Registry Number: 09000118
Resource Type: District
Owner: Local
Architect: Kessler, George E.; et al.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Beaux Arts and Picturesque
Area in Acres: 8
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 1
Non-Contributing Structures: 1
Contributing Objects: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Community Planning and Development
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery, Commemorative property
Significant Year: 1899, 1941
Historic Function: Landscape
Historic Sub-Function: Park
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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