Vanderbilt University Observatory

The Dyer Observatory, also known as the Arthur J. Dyer Observatory, is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Vanderbilt University. Built in 1953, it is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and is the only university facility not located on the main campus in Nashville. The observatory is named after Arthur J. Dyer, who paid for the observatory's 24-foot (7.3 m)-wide dome, and houses a 24-inch (610 mm) reflecting telescope named for astronomer Carl Seyfert. Today, the observatory primarily serves as a teaching tool; its mission is to interest the public in the fields of astronomy, science and engineering. The observatory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 6, 2009.

Radnor Lake State Natural Area, also known as Radnor Lake State Park, is a popular state natural area and state park in Oak Hill, Tennessee within Nashville. The 1,368 acres (5.54 km2) nature preserve lies just outside Nashville. Five miles of unpaved trails wander through the woods surrounding the lake. Otter Creek Road runs through the middle of the park and is now closed to traffic. Visitors to Radnor Lake enjoy wildlife native to Middle Tennessee, including river otters, beavers, mink, muskrat, bobcat, coyote and the white-tailed deer. There is a visitor's center open Thursday through Monday.

Otter Creek is a 6.5-mile-long (10.5 km) creek in Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the effluent of Radnor Lake, and flows through Radnor Lake State Natural Area. It is a tributary of the Little Harpeth River, and via the Little Harpeth, Harpeth, Cumberland, and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The creek gets its name because it once contained river otters.

The 1980 U.S. Women's Open was the 35th U.S. Women's Open, held July 10–13 at Richland Country Club in Nashville, Tennessee. Amy Alcott won her only U.S. Women's Open, nine shots ahead of runner-up Hollis Stacy. She entered the final round with an eight-stroke lead; it was the second of her five major titles. The field of 150 players included 49 amateurs, of which two made the 36-hole cut.On the weekend, temperatures reached 100 °F (38 °C).

The Battle of Brentwood was a battle during the American Civil War on March 25, 1863, in Williamson County, Tennessee at Brentwood, Tennessee.

The McCrory-Mayfield House is a historic log house in Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1798 by Thomas McCrory, a settler and veteran of the American Revolution. Thomas came to Tennessee to claim some of the land granted by the United States government to his late father, Captain Thomas McCrory who died from wounds inflicted at the Battle of Germantown in 1777.The land was later purchased by William B. Carpenter in 1837. After the American Civil War, it was inherited by his daughter Mary and her husband, George Mayfield, in 1869. It stayed in the Mayfield family until 1939. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 27, 1982.

The William Martin House is a building and property in Brentwood, Tennessee, United States, that dates from c. 1910 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1988. It has also been known as Boxwood Hall. It is a two-story house that was built c. 1850 but was extensively remodeled into Colonial Revival style in c. 1910. The NRHP listing was for two contributing buildings on an area of 1.7 acres (0.69 ha). The NRHP eligibility of the property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources.

Mooreland is a property in Brentwood, Tennessee that was built c.1838 and that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was built by Robert Irvin Moore and includes Greek Revival architecture.It is one of about thirty "significant brick and frame residences" surviving in Williamson County that "were the center of large plantations " and display "some of the finest construction of the ante-bellum era." It faces on the Franklin and Columbia Pike that ran south from Brentwood to Franklin to Columbia.

Overton Lane is a historic lane in Oak Hill, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in the 1840s to separate the plantations owned by John Overton and John M. Lea. The lane was a strategic location in the Battle of Nashville, during the American Civil War. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 17, 1980.

The Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue is a 25 feet (7.6 m) equestrian statue of Confederate Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest. It was located on private land near Nashville, Tennessee, and was visible from Interstate 65 at 701D Hogan Road. The work, by amateur sculptor Jack Kershaw, was unveiled in 1998. It drew intense controversy and was removed on December 7, 2021. Forrest was depicted shooting behind himself and was flanked by Confederate battle flags. Critics said the work's distorted facial features bore little resemblance to Forrest himself.The statue was owned by Nashville businessman William C. “Bill” Dorris and was located on a narrow strip of property on the east side of I-65 in Nashville. When he died in November 2020, he left the statue in his will to the Battle of Nashville Trust (BONT), a historical non-profit which preserves and maintains portions of the Battle of Nashville battlefield. According to BONT, the statue was disassembled and moved from the site after its removal; it will not be remounted or displayed. In a joint statement issued on that date by the Trust along with the Executor and attorney for the Dorris Estate, the BONT specified the reasons for removal of the statue, noting that “each reason sets aside the contentious debate about Forrest as a person or as a Confederate general:”1. Forrest was not present at The Battle of Nashville. 2. The statue is ugly and a blight on Nashville. 3. It has been vandalized, is in disrepair, and is dangerous. 4. Having the statue in such a prominent location in Nashville distracts from the BONT’s mission and would be and has been divisive in the city we all cherish.In a separate statement, the BONT also noted that "even Forrest himself would think it was ugly,” adding that the Dorris property and statue were not on core battlefield ground. The BONT stressed in its statements that the Forrest statue was not consistent with the historical significance of the Battle of Nashville, which was one of the most decisive of the Civil War and ended the Confederacy’s western campaign, nor was it consistent with BONT’s efforts to protect the remaining historic sites of the battlefield, which currently exist within residential and commercial properties of South Nashville.

The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War. It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15–16, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and the Union Army of the Cumberland (Dept. of the Cumberland) (AoC) under Major General George H. Thomas. In one of the largest victories achieved by the Union Army during the war, Thomas attacked and routed Hood's army, largely destroying it as an effective fighting force.

The Dr. Cobb Pilcher House is a historic house in Forest Hills, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1936 for Dr. Cobb Pilcher, a neurologist at Vanderbilt University. It was designed in the International Style by Warfield and Keeble. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 27, 2003.