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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Giles County. On the National Historic Register. Victorian Gothic, two uneven towers, lancet windows with stained glass border. One of the most architecturally creative churches in Middle Tennessee for the 1880s, this building was erected in 1882 and is the second building to stand on this site. The church, formally established July 12, 1828, with the Rev. James Hall Brooks as first pastor, existed as early as 1811. The church bell was pa of the first building. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH The present church was begun in 1895 and cost $30,000. The Rev. W. R. Peebles preached the first sermon in the building in 1901. In 1934, fire did much damage to the interior. The restored church included a new organ console, a gi of David Blow in memory of his parents, and three stained glass windows in memory of Miss Sallie Shepard, W.R. Craig and Ruth Clair Ensor. GILES COUNTY COURTHOUSE Public Square. Erected in 1909, the neoclassical building is marked by tall Corinthian columns. Solid brass door pulls are incised “Giles.” Inside, a balcony encircles the third floor, and 16 caryatids (female faces) hold up the arched vault of the rotunda with stained glass skylight. In the cupola, the 1858 bell still strikes the hours. GILES COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM The Giles County Museum and Archives building, which was only a dream when the historical society organized in 1974, became a reality on July 10, 1977. Challenged by Cully A. Cobb in 1974 with a gi of $1,000, the society joined the County Bicentennial Commi ee in a project to construct a building to house county historical a ifacts and genealogical records. With permission and a large donation from the Craig family, who had given Giles County its public library, the new building took the form of an addition to the library. By Bicentennial Day, July 4, 1976, over $65,000 had been raised and ground broken. The building was completed within the next year.

John Crowe Ransom, philosopher, educator, journalist and unofficial poet laureate of the 20th-century South, was born in Pulaski in 1887. Donald Davidson, noted educator and poet, was born in Campbellsville, near Pulaski, in 1893. Ransom and Davidson were members of “The Fugitives,” many of whom became among the best known and most impo ant men in 20th-century le ers. Joe W. Henry (1916-1980) practiced law in Pulaski from 1941-1974. He was adjutant general of the state of Tennessee from 1953 1959 and retired with the rank of major general. Henry was a member of the Supreme Cou of the State of Tennessee from 1974-1980 and served as chief justice for the period 1977-1979. A native of Pulaski, Julia F. Smith Gibbons was appointed as the first female trial judge in Tennessee, and her appointment as a federal judge made her the second youngest to hold that post in the entire country. Situated on U.S. Highway 64 (east-west), 31 and 31-A (no h south) on Tennessee 11, Pulaski is within 10 miles of interchanges onto I-65. The town is 70 miles south of Nashville, 130 miles west of Cha anooga, 190 miles east of Memphis and 40 miles no h of the Marshall Space Flight complex at Huntsville, Alabama. BROWN-DALY-HORNE HOUSE (COLONIAL BANK) Giles County. Built in 1855 and purchased by Gov. John C. Brown in 1869. Best example of Queen Anne style in Giles County and one of the finest in the state. The Dalys celebrated their 20th anniversary in their new home in 1901. Owned by Oscar Horne family from 1918 to 1979. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH Giles County. The Episcopal Church was erected in 1887 through the liberality of Daniel C. Ca er and Gov. John C. Brown. The building was consecrated Dec. 7 by Bishop Quientard “To the glory of God and the memory of Miss Daisy Brown and Mrs. Marie Brown McMillion, deceased daughters of Governor Brown.” Most of the furniture and ornaments are memorials.

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