Ash Grove

Historical marker location:

2541 Old Natchez Trace, Franklin, Tennessee

( Marker is on Old Natchez Trace just south of Sneed Road West, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1998

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."