Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition

Bird's-eye view of the expo grounds. Chromolithograph by The Henderson Litho Co., 1896.

The Nashville and Memphis pavilions at night, seen over Watauga Lake, with the Commerce Building at rear.

The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was an exposition staged between May 1 and October 31 of 1897 in Nashville. It celebrated the 100th anniversary of Tennessee's entry into the union in 1796, although it was a year late.^[1]

See also

• The Parthenon replica built for the exhibition, which still stands
• The 1982 World's Fair held in Knoxville

References

External links

• The Parthenon
• Centennial Exposition on Nashville's web page
• University of Tennessee's account of the Exposition

Further reading

• Cardon, Nathan. "The South's 'New Negroes' and African American Visions of Progress at the Atlanta and Nashville International Expositions, 1895-1897" Journal of Southern History (2014).