Civil War Journey in Clarksville, Tenn.

Places
LEGEND:
See Tour Map in Back of Booklet
TN CW Trail Marker
n State Historical Marker located nearby.
1 n Montgomery County Courthouse
100 S. Second St.
The first courthouse
built on this site (the
6th in Clarksville’s
history) was
constructed in 1879.
Five years later, a
tornado damaged its
roof and the building
was rebuilt. The first
reunion of Tennessee
Confederate veterans was held here in 1888. Gen.
Basil Duke was the first speaker. In 1900, fire ravaged
the building’s upper floors and clock tower. Again, the
damage was repaired. The courthouse was destroyed
again by the January 22, 1999 tornado, and was again
fully restored. Free and open to public.
PROCEED TO NEXT BLOCK DOWN S. SECOND ST.
MUSEUM AND PARKING LOT ON RIGHT.
2 Customs House Museum & Cultural
Center (1898)
200 S. Second St.
Designed as a Federal
Post Office and Custom
House to handle the
large volume of foreign
mail created by the city’s
international tobacco
business, the structure
incorporates many
Victorian architectural
styles including Stick,
Queen Anne, Italianate,
Romanesque, Flemish and Gothic. Its highly pitched
roof with large eagles on the four corners, steep
gabled windows and terra cotta ornamentation give
importance to a relatively small building.
October 2013 – The museum opens a permanent
and interactive exhibit entitled Becoming Clarksville
– Honoring Legacies of Leadership, a celebration of the
significant leaders and innovators who have shaped
Clarksville’s development. The exhibit elaborates
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