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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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.” |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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