Historic Markers Across Tennessee
Nashville Academy of Medicine
| Marker ID: |
NHC 61 |
| Location: |
intersection of West End Avenue and Acklen Park Drive, Nashville, TN |
| County: |
Davidson |
| Coordinates: |
N 36° 8.455 W 086° 49.031 |
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36.14091666 -86.81718333 |
| Style: |
Free Standing ** |
| Waymark: |
None
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Text:
The Nashville Medical Society, the first medical association in Tennessee, was founded March 5, 1821, by 7 physicians in the log courthouse on the Public Square. Pres. was Dr. Felix Robertson, first white child born in Nashville. Chartered Sept. 4, 1906, by state as Nashville Academy of Medicine & Davidson County Medical Society
Erected 1977 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County.
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