Murfreesboro/Rutherford County

Historical marker location:

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

( Marker is on Broad Street (U.S. 41), on the left when traveling north.)

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."