Major Wilbur Fisk Foster
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N 36° 08.813 W 086° 48.614
16S E 517071 N 4000256
Historical Marker for Major Wilbur Fisk Foster 1834 - 1922; Located in Centennial Park, Nashville, TN.
Waymark Code: WM3PWN
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2008
Views: 20
Chief Engineer Army of Tennessee C.S.A.; Construction Engineer on the first Rail Road Bridge in Nashville; City Engineer of Nashville and member of the American Society of Engineers; Director of Works at the Centennial Exposition 1897 & co-founder of Foster & Creighton Co.; Elder, First Presbyterian Church; 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason.
Erected 1975
Marker Name: Major Wilbur Fisk Foster
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number: No. 52
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: The Historical Commission of Metro Nashville and Davidson County; 1975
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