Centennial Park (Nashville)
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Centennial Park is a large urban park located approximately two miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States, across West End Avenue from the campus of Vanderbilt University. The 21st-ce
The Parthenon is the centerpiece of the park.
Lake Watauga is a small artificial lake in Centennial Park.
Steam engine 576, which has since moved out of the park
F-86L Sabre Jet
The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was an exposition held in Nashville from May 1 – October 31, 1897 in what is now Centennial Park. A year late, it celebrated the 100th anniversary
Centennial Park (Nashville)
…by the state and used as a park after the American Civil War. In the last decade, it was used as a racetrack. It was redeveloped as the site of the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition in 1897. Afterward most of the temporary exhibit structures were removed, but the replica of the Parthenon remained. Centennial Park was opened in 1903…
Chromolithograph of bird's-eye view of the expo grounds
The Nashville and Memphis pavilions at night along Watauga Lake; the Commerce Building is at rear