Josiah T. Settle

Historical marker location:

112 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee

( Marker is on Poplar Avenue, 0.2 miles east of N. Main Street, on the right when traveling west.)

1850 - 1915.

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."