Percy Warner Park
Entrance to Percy Warner Park looking north towards Belle Meade Boulevard Nashville, TN
July 5, 1951
RG 82, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection
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Percy Warner & "Rufus" the crane in front of Renraw Nashville, TN
Library Picture Collection
Percy Warner Park is located in Davidson and Williamson counties and is connected to Edwin Warner Park. Collectively, these two parks are known as Warner Parks. Together they cover 2,648 acres, making them, in combination, the largest municipal parks in the state. They opened in 1927 and are located on land donated by Percy Warner’s daughter Percie and her husband, Luke Lea. The parks were named after her father, a member of the old Nashville Board of Park Commissioners, and her uncle Edwin, who was also a park commissioner.
Percy Warner Park is characterized by the steps built into the mountain located at the entrance of the park on Belle Meade Boulevard. The park is home to two golf courses, a nature center, and the Iroquois Steeplechase, which has been held there since May 1941. The parks were named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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The main entrance to Percy Warner Park Nashville, TN
June 1, 1967
RG 82, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection
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Unveiling of plaque in Percy Warner Park honoring Col. Luke Lea Nashville, TN
April 16, 1950
Luke Lea Papers
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View of the Harpeth River Valley from Percy Warner Park Nashville, TN
April 12, 1945
RG 82, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection
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Iroquois Steeplechase in Percy Warner Park Nashville, TN
May 1, 1969
RG 82, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection
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Snowfall in Percy Warner Park Nashville, TN
January 23, 1940
RG 82, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection
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Snowfall in Percy Warner Park Nashville, TN
January 7, 1960
RG 82, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection
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Snowfall in Percy Warner Park Nashville, TN
January 7, 1960
RG 82, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection
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Snowfall in Percy Warner Park Nashville, TN
January 23, 1940
RG 82, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection
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Section researched and written by Kimberly Wires, Archival Assistant.
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