Area Historic Sights

Giles County Historical Society & Museum

Address and Phone
122 S. Second St.
Pulaski, TN 38478

Phone: 931-363-2720

Quick Information
Art Museum, Customized Tours, Guided Tours, Historic Attractions, Historical Museum, Self-guided Tours, Sightseeing Tours

Brochures Available, Maps Available, Nearest Lodging: 5 minutes

Admission Rates
Donations welcomed

Hours Open to the Public
Mon. - Wed., Fri. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sun. 1 - 5 p.m.

Dates Closed
Thursdays, all holidays

Payment Types Accepted
Free Admission

Sam Davis Museum

Named for a Confederate hero hanged by Federal Troops on this hill, 1863
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places 1989
Outstanding architecture of the 1860 to 1910 period

Self-guided tour of sites relating to the capture and hanging of the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy." From public square monument to site of execution.

Directions: From downtown Pulaski, go S to East College St. Turn L, 1/2 mile on L.

Address and Phone
134 Sam Davis Ave.
Pulaski, TN 38478

Phone: 931-363-3789

Quick Information
Customized Tours, Guided Tours, Historic Attractions, Historical Museum, Memorial Monument, Sightseeing Tours

Brochures Available, Bus Parking, Nearest Lodging: 5 minutes, Parking Available, Printed Guides Available, Tour Duration: 1 hour, Tour Schedule: by appointment only

Admission Rates
$1.00 per person for a guide.

Payment Types Accepted
Cash, Free Admission, Personal Check

Citizens Bank of Tennessee

Built in 1855 and purchased by Governor John C. Brown in 1869. One of the finest examples of Queen Anne-style in the state.

Directions: One block from the Courthouse.

Address and Phone
307 W. Madison
Pulaski, TN 38478

Phone: 931-363-1582

Quick Information
Historic Attractions

ADA Compliant, Brochures Available, Parking Available

Hours Open to the Public
Mon. - Thurs. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - noon, Open Year-round

Dates Closed - Sunday

Sam Davis Trail

A four-stop tour - site of capture with monument, site of execution with museum, cemetery where he was briefly buried and life-size statue in town square.

Directions: 134 Sam Davis Ave. is north of business 64 (East College Street) in Pulaski. Turn left from East College Street at the City Recreation Center.

Address and Phone
134 Sam Davis Ave.
Pulaski, TN 38478

Phone: 931-363-3789

Quick Information
Historic Attractions, Memorial Monument

ADA Compliant, Brochures Available, Nearest Lodging: 5 mintues, Parking Available

Hours Open to the Public
By appointment only.

Dates Closed
Holidays

Payment Types Accepted
Free Admission

Historic Lairdland Farm House and Civil War Museum

Visit their Civil War Museum which contains an extensive and comprehensive collection of both Union and Confederate artifacts. Now accepting reservations for weddings, receptions and small parties in its lovely gardens.

Directions: I-65, Exit 22. Take 31-A towards Pulaski. Go approximately 2 miles, turn left onto Blackburn Hollow Road, proceed 1 mile, Lairdland Farm House is on left.

Address and Phone
3238 Blackburn Hollow Rd./110 N. Second St.
Pulaski, TN 38478

Phone: 931-363-2205

Quick Information
Catering, Customized Tours, Guided Tours, Historic Attractions, Historical Museum, Sightseeing Tours

Brochures Available, Nearest Lodging: 5 minutes, Parking Available, Tour Duration: 2 hours, Tour Schedule: By appointment only

Hours Open to the Public
9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Open Year-round

Dates Closed
Major Holidays

Payment Types Accepted
Cash

Discounts
Group Discount

Giles County Farmer

Homegrown produce at its very best. The Market is open every Sat. from the end of April - Oct. Come by early for the best selections. Orders taken week-to-week.

Directions: I-65 get off at exit 22 to Pulaski. Take 31-A 9 miles to Hwy. 31. Turn left onto 31 S. go approximately 1/4 mile. You may take the right or left fork, then go 3 blocks. Farmers market is on south side of Court House.

Address and Phone
South Side Public Square
Pulaski, TN 38478

Phone: 931-363-3789

Quick Information
Agri-tourism, Catering, Concessions, Customized Tours, Gift Shop, Guided Tours, Historic Attractions, Indoor Activity, Meeting Facilities, Self-guided Tours, Sightseeing Tours

Brochures Available, Bus Parking, Maps Available, Nearest Lodging: 5 minutes, Parking Available, Printed Guides Available

Hours Open to the Public
Sat. 5 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Dates Closed
Winter months thru early Spring

Payment Types Accepted
Cash, Free Admission, Personal Check

James D. Vaughan Southern Gospel Music Museum - Lawrenceburg, TN

The glorious history of Southern Gospel Music comes alive in the James D. Vaughan Museum in historic Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

The museum honors the "Father of Southern Gospel Music", James D. Vaughan, who sponsored the first professional southern gospel quartets, established the first southern gospel magazine, recorded the first southern gospel quartets, established the first southern gospel music radio station, and taught the South how to sing with the renowned Vaughan School of Music.

The United States Congress has declared and recognized Lawrenceburg, Tennessee as the Birthplace of Southern Gospel Music.

Beginning in 1911, Vaughan began holding a regular music "normal" school in Lawrenceburg to train shape note singing school instructors. These instructors then fanned out across the country teaching the Vaughan method to the nation.

James D. Vaughan published millions of shape note songbooks from this building on the Lawrenceburg Square. The Vaughan music enterprise included music publishing, songwriting, radio and famed Vaughan School of Music, all headquartered on the public square in historic downtown Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

One of the best of the Vaughan Quartets included Palmer Wheeler, Keiffer Vaughan, John Cook and "Big" Jim Waits. This group also included the legendary Dwight Brock on Piano.

Always the pioneer, James D. Vaughan put radio station WOAN on the air in 1922. Two tall towers dominated the Lawrenceburg Skyline for nearly a decade. WOAN was the first radio experience for many of the early southern gospel music legends.

The glorious world of Southern gospel music comes alive in the Vaughan museum, named for the founder of the popular music form.

Directions: One block south of U.S. 64 in Lawrenceburg.

Address and Phone
Public Square
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464

Phone: 931-762-8991
Toll-Free: 800-547-6500

Quick Information
Guided Tours

ADA Compliant, Bus Parking

Payment Types Accepted
Free Admission

David Crockett Cabin & Museum

A replica of Crockett's office, open to the public daily.

Directions: 1 block south of public square.

Address and Phone
S. Military Ave.
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464

Phone: 931-762-4231

Quick Information

Parking Available

Hours Open to the Public
8 a.m.- 5 p.m., Open Year-round

Payment Types Accepted
Free Admission