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Grove Tower - 217 Grove Blvd. Built in 1906, it was the first privately endowed public high school in the State of Tennessee. Today it houses the Henry County Board of Education offices. Endowed by E.W. Grove, it lies in the tree tops due south of the courthouse on one of the highest points in West Tennessee.

 

 

Henry County Courthouse - Junction at Hwy 641 & 79 - The Henry County Courthouse is West Tennessee's oldest working judicial building and the third courthouse on this site. The existing building was built in 1896. The Veterans' Memorial and the Confederate Soldier statue grace the lawn.

 



 
 
     

Grace Episcopal Church - 103 S. Poplar. St - The Grace Episcopal Church is the oldest church building in Paris. It was built in 1896 with windows that were designed and produced by Tiffany. Grace Episcopal’s Ketchum Hall housed the only moving picture theater in town and the only stage. The first Miss Tennessee was crowned here in 1930.

 

 

Robert E. Lee Academy for the Arts - 402 Lee St. - Originally the Paris Male Academy, the site was dedicated to education in 1825. It is now utilized as a cultural arts center that provides classes and workshops for citizens of all ages in visual and performing arts.

 

 

City Cemetery - East Ruff St. - Adorning the cemetery is an African American Memorial obelisk, which stands in honor of the unmarked gravs of slaves and free African Americans. Also here are the graves of: John Wesley Crockett, who was Davy Crockett's oldest son and United States Congressman from 1837-1841; James D. Porter, Governor from 1874-1878; Edwin Wiley Grove, who privately endowed Grove High School and built the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina; and General J.D.C. Atkins, a Confederate congressman and five-time member of the U.S. Congress.

     

     

Paris-Henry County Heritage Center - 614 N. Poplar St - The Heritage Center is housed in Cavitt Place, the most prestigious mansion in Paris when it was completed in 1916. It retains its original painted-glass windows, marble staircase and floors, ceiling and wall murals, and mahogany woodwork. This Italian Renaissance two-story home was called “the jewel in the crown of Paris.”

 

 

Eiffel Tower - The 70-foot scale replica of the famous tower in Paris, France - Paris Tennessee's namesake. The current structure replaced a 65-foot wooden tower built and donated by Christian Brothers University in Memphis in 1992.

 

Old Train Depot - 203 N. Fentress St - This train depot was built in 1891 to serve the new railroad line called Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama, or PTA. It was later bought out by Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway. The building now is the home of Vicky Muzzall Tax Service.

 

 

Paris Winery - 2982 Harvey Bowden Rd. - A taste of Italy with  Tennessee hospitality. Enjoy the relaxed country setting and old world charm on a 100 acre working family farm, vineyard and winery. Experience complimentary wine tasting, picnic near the pond or stroll through the vineyards while enjoying handcrafted wines.

 
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