Monty Wanamaker’s 2015 McMinnville and Warren County’s Landmarks Calendar are now available at the Southern Museum and Galleries of Photography Culture and History at 210 E. Main.
The keepsake calendar is the 14th for Wanamaker, featuring six area landmarks. Four are in color, and two are in black and white, but all are limited edition prints of his work. A limited number of calendars are available at $20 each.
“I chose some landmarks this year that are pertinent to the year 2015,” said Wanamaker. “Hebe is celebrating the 100th anniversary, and this print is a celebration of that.”
"The Lively Building is marked 1915 at the top of the building, and according to my research, I think that was when the upper façade of the building was created," said Wanamaker.
Landmarks featured on the calendar include:
Northcutt Plantation House – Vervilla Community
The Northcutt Plantation House was built in the 1830s by James Northcutt using the Federal style. It originally stood on more than 8,000 acres which were farmed with the help of a number of slaves. After the Civil War, the owner couldn’t pay a hefty tax bill so he deeded the entire plantation to the remaining slaves and traveled across the mountain to the Irving College community. He built a second home in what is known as Northcutt’s Cove.
The Lively Building - 208 E. Main St.
As early as 1855, the Lively Building was the site of a burgeoning furniture and undertaking business of Joseph P. Lively, father of pioneer photographer W.S. Lively. In 1883 it was reported the photographer returned to McMinnville to take over his failing father’s business and added a second story to the building. The structure has undergone numerous repairs and changes through the years.
Hebe Statue Fountain-City Park
Originally established in 1915 as a drinking fountain for citizens and livestock, the statue was placed at the east end of the McMinnville City Park facing Main Street. It was donated by Laura Davis Worley in memory of her parents, Capt. O.W. and Elizabeth Savage Davis. The Hebe statue is a replica of the Greek goddess of youth by the famous Danish sculptor Bertel Throvaldsen.
Mullican Manor – 204 Loch Lomond Lane
In 1956, the late M. Thomas and Connie Mullican purchased a small 1,200 square-foot house and a few acres off Viola Road. After extensive enlargement and renovation, they moved into the home in 1957 with their four children. They added several hundred acres to the original plot over the years.
Northcutt’s Cove Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
In the late 1800s, the first Mormon missionaries came to the area from either Utah or Idaho, which led to the founding in 1909 of the Mormon Church in Northcutt’s Cove. The oldest church of its kind in Tennessee, for many years served as the eastern Tennessee Conference of the Church. It was finished in 1909, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
W.W. “Doc” and Dorothy Bragg Home – 113 Lind Street
This charming English-style brick cottage was built in 1939-40 by Fred T. Fults. It served over a period of six decades as the family home of the Braggs. A noted Warren County civic leader and businessman, Doc Bragg was president of Cumberland Valley Nurseries, Inc.
Wanamaker can be reached at the museum at 931-507-8102, or southernmuseum@frontier.com.