Nicely Tour: Market Street

Tue June 22nd, 2010

Tour Guide: Dr. Daryl Black

 

Time/Date: 7:00pm, Tuesday, June 22

 

Registration Deadline: June 18

 

Fee: $3 per person

 

Meet on Sixth St. at the Regions Bank Plaza

 

Tour routes and content were developed by Maury Nicely in his book, Chattanooga Walking Tour and Historic Guide.

 

This tour covers Market Street between Sixth Street and Ross’ Landing. Though this section did not develop with tall, impressive buildings as the section further south did, lots of very interesting things happened there, including a labor strike, theatrical performances, newspaper publishing, tavern brawls, and the Bee Hive Store fire, which took the lives of two firemen, later memorialized by the Firemen’s Fountain at Fountain Square.