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    This document summarizes a class project on Rose Hill and Rosemount Cemeteries in Columbia, Tennessee. It provides background on the project scope, which involves a historical assessment and considerations for preservation and heritage development of the cemetery districts. A brief history of Columbia and the two cemeteries is given. Iconography found on gravestones representing religious symbols and concepts is described. Issues related to preservation, basic guidelines, and potential heritage initiatives are outlined. Documentation photos of the cemeteries are also included, as well as contact information for the project leads.

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    This document summarizes a class project on Rose Hill and Rosemount Cemeteries in Columbia, Tennessee. It provides background on the project scope, which involves a historical assessment and considerations for preservation and heritage development of the cemetery districts. A brief history of Columbia and the two cemeteries is given. Iconography found on gravestones representing religious symbols and concepts is described. Issues related to preservation, basic guidelines, and potential heritage initiatives are outlined. Documentation photos of the cemeteries are also included, as well as contact information for the project leads.

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    This document summarizes a class project on Rose Hill and Rosemount Cemeteries in Columbia, Tennessee. It provides background on the project scope, which involves a historical assessment and considerations for preservation and heritage development of the cemetery districts. A brief history of Columbia and the two cemeteries is given. Iconography found on gravestones representing religious symbols and concepts is described. Issues related to preservation, basic guidelines, and potential heritage initiatives are outlined. Documentation photos of the cemeteries are also included, as well as contact information for the project leads.

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    Rose Hill and Rosemount Cemeteries

    Columbia, Tennessee
    Ginna Foster Cannon, Michael Fletcher
    and Teresa Prober
    Ohio Valley History Conference
    October 2014

    Project Background & Scope


    Background:
    MTSU class project in
    conjunction with CHP
    CHP philosophy
    Cultural landscape
    approach to cemetery
    districts
    Scope:
    Historical assessment
    Preservation
    considerations
    Heritage development

    Fence dividing Rose Hill and Rosemount


    Cemeteries

    Historical Assessment

    History of Columbia, Maury County

    Image courtesy of Google Maps

    History of Rosemount Cemetery


    Established August
    1873
    5-acre plot
    purchased for $800;
    $500 cash with
    remainder due
    January 1974
    Prior, African
    Americans buried at
    Greenwood
    Entrance to Rosemount Cemetery

    History of Rosemount cont


    \

    Text of deed

    History of Rose Hill Cemetery


    Established 1853;
    fashionable
    alternative to
    Greenwood
    Land donated by
    towns mayor,
    Meredith Helm
    Hybrid style: new
    garden cemetery
    movement & rural
    Upland South folk
    graveyard tradition

    Map at entrance to Rose Hill Cemetery

    Iconography: Flora & Fauna


    Weeping Willow
    Tree
    Gospel of Christ

    Flowers

    Beauty & brevity of


    life
    Remembrance

    Iconography: Celestial Beings


    Angels

    Messengers from God


    Guardian

    Angel Child with Palm


    Frond
    Watching over child
    Triumph over death

    Cherub with Broken


    Column
    Gatekeepers
    Life cut short

    Iconography: Religious
    Cross with Crown

    Dominion of the Lord


    Victory
    York Rite Masons

    Figure Pointing
    toward the Heavens
    Heavenly sleep
    Gone home to
    Jesus

    Preservation
    Considerations

    Inventory of Issues: Short-Term


    Trash collection
    Mower damage
    Prune overgrowth

    Inventory of Issues: Medium & LongTerm


    Moss removal
    Repair broken walls &
    fences
    Reset & repair
    gravestones

    Basic Dos and Donts

    Do equip mowers with blade guard


    Do remove scrub trees and prune shrubs
    Do consider adding trash bins
    Do remove moss from stones training
    session required
    Dont mow immediately next to stones
    Dont use commercial herbicides around
    stones

    Heritage Development

    Ways to Generate Awareness


    Rosemount
    Start a Friends of Rosemount Society
    Educate public on historic, cultural, social and
    artistic merits walking tours, brochure, website
    and social media
    Give talks at schools and civic groups
    Maximize visibility on tourist sites chamber of
    commerce
    Have clean up days trash and removing moss from
    stones

    Heritage Development
    Maury County African-American Heritage Tour
    Guide http://www.antebellum.com/downloads/AAHbrochure.pdf
    Driving tour features African-American historical
    and cultural sites including Rosemount Cemetery.
    Civil War Trail Marker
    TN Civil War Trails Marker program in partnership
    with The TN National Heritage Area erected their
    first marker in 2008.

    Trails & Byways


    Marker program encompasses 5 states. TN driving
    tour map is the most requested.
    In 2012 tourist contributed 16.16 billion dollars to
    the TN economy.
    Generated $1 billion in state and local taxes.
    Civil War Trails Marker Process.
    Research, historical narrative, images, and captions.

    Trails & Byways Application


    Requirements
    Permission for temporary easement.
    Text 250-300 in Microsoft word via email or
    disk.
    2-4 images (Civil War period if possible).
    Submit images digitally, on a CD, or flash
    drive in jpeg high resolution format-300
    dpi.

    Trails & Byways Requirements


    cont
    Include printed Google map or link
    including GPS coordinates where the
    marker will be installed. As well as which
    direction the visitor will be facing when
    viewing the marker.
    Printed Google map or link state and nonstate location placement for the 4
    trailblazer directional signs. Be sure to
    include the mile marker location.

    Trails & Byways Funding


    Total cost of marker $5,500 and a yearly
    maintenance cost of $200. However there
    are grant funds available in the amount of
    $4,400.
    To qualify for this grant all steps of the
    application must be followed to the letter.
    ADA compliance is vital to receive the
    $4,400 grant.

    Rose Hill Documentation

    Confederate monument erected in 1882


    Standing at Funeral Parade Rest

    Postcard 1910

    Rose Hill Documentation cont

    Ledger with a list of the


    dead for Columbia
    National Cemetery.

    Inside page of the ledger


    dedicated for Union
    dead interred at Rose

    Rosemount Documentation

    Sergeant Asa Johnson served in the 15th


    the 13th regiment
    regiment
    the Battle of Nashville

    Sergeant Frierson served in


    and was wounded in

    Rosemount Documentation cont

    Sergeant
    Johnsons
    enlistment paper.

    Sergeant Friarsons
    enlistment paper.

    Rosemount Documentation cont

    USCT marching in parade Knoxville, TN 1863

    Contact Information
    Ginna Foster Cannon
    (615) 495-9988
    [email protected]
    Michael Fletcher
    (615) 542-4926
    [email protected]
    Teresa Ann Prober
    (931) 494-0388
    [email protected]

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