Rev. Franklin Gillette Smith

Historical marker location:

219 Cemetery St, Columbia, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Cemetery Street and South Glade Street, on the right when traveling north.)

B. December 13, 1797 D. August 4, 1866.

The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, was originally built as a church in 1892. It later became one of the most famous music venues in the world and is often referred to as the "Mother Church of Country Music."