Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
- Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was a World's Fair 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 technically a year late.
Many cities and organizations built buildings and exhibit halls on the Exposition grounds, conveniently located on the streetcar line on the western fringe of the city. Among the most prominent were those of Nashville itself, and its nearby rival, Memphis. Nashville designed its pavilion after the Parthenon in Greece due to the city's nickname as "The Athens of the South". Memphis's exhibit, in honor of its Egyptian name, was a large pyramid. These structures no longer exist, but they have their echos in both cities today. Nashville's temporary Parthenon was reconstructed in permanent materials in the 1920s and still stands today as an art gallery on the original exposition grounds, which became Centennial Park. In the 1990s, Memphis built a new sports arena, the Pyramid Arena, in the shape of a large pyramid by the banks of the Mississippi.
Other attractions on the grounds were the "Negro Pavilion", the gondolas on "Lake Watauga" (which is still a feature of the park today) and the "Egyptian Pavilion" with its belly dancers. The Centennial Exposition was a great success and is still considered one of the most notable events ever to be held in the state. Unlike most World's Fairs, it did not lose money, although the final accounting showed a direct profit of less than $50.
ee also
The 1982 World's Fair held in Knoxville.
External links
* [http://www.pyramidarena.com/overview.html The Pyramid]
* [http://www.nashville.gov/parthenon/ The Parthenon]
* [http://nashville.gov/Parthenon/History-Cent.htm Centennial Exposition on Nashville's web page]
* [http://pr.utk.edu/alumnus/winter96/centenn.html University of Tennessee's account of the Exposition]
* [http://away.com/primedia/arts_arch/parthenon.html The story of today's Parthenon]
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