Adolphus Heiman was born and educated in Potsdam, Prussia. He migrated to Nashville about 1836. He was a stonemason and operated a stone cutting shop while studying architecture. He was instrumental in the building the First Baptist Church, Tennessee State Insane Asylum, Lindsley Hall, the new Children's Museum, the Suspension bridge over the Cumberland River, as well as many ornate cemetery monuments. He became known as "Nashville's Architect." Most of his buildings and houses have not survived.
He was a lieutenant in the Mexican War (1845-1847). During the Civil War he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 10th Tennessee Regiment and fought at Forts Henry and Donelson. He was taken prisoner and served five months at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. He was part of a prisoner exchange and rejoined the reorganized 10th in Mississippi. He died in a military hospital in Jackson Mississippi in 1862.
Taken from the book The Nashville City Cemetry History Carved In Stone by Carole Bucy and Carol Kaplan submitted by LindaMooreMora
He was one of Nashville's premier architects designed tombstones at Nashville City cemetery. Creating many monuments one for Nancy Maynor in 1828, one of the first commissions he had in Nashville. It is marked with a butterfly and signed "A. Heiman".
He was a lieutenant in the Mexican War (1845-1847). During the Civil War he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 10th Tennessee Regiment and fought at Forts Henry and Donelson. He was taken prisoner and served five months at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. He was part of a prisoner exchange and rejoined the reorganized 10th in Mississippi. He died in a military hospital in Jackson Mississippi in 1862.
Taken from the book The Nashville City Cemetry History Carved In Stone by Carole Bucy and Carol Kaplan submitted by LindaMooreMora
He was one of Nashville's premier architects designed tombstones at Nashville City cemetery. Creating many monuments one for Nancy Maynor in 1828, one of the first commissions he had in Nashville. It is marked with a butterfly and signed "A. Heiman".
Adolphus Heiman was born and educated in Potsdam, Prussia. He migrated to Nashville about 1836. He was a stonemason and operated a stone cutting shop while studying architecture. He was instrumental in the building the First Baptist Church, Tennessee State Insane Asylum, Lindsley Hall, the new Children's Museum, the Suspension bridge over the Cumberland River, as well as many ornate cemetery monuments. He became known as "Nashville's Architect." Most of his buildings and houses have not survived.
He was a lieutenant in the Mexican War (1845-1847). During the Civil War he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 10th Tennessee Regiment and fought at Forts Henry and Donelson. He was taken prisoner and served five months at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. He was part of a prisoner exchange and rejoined the reorganized 10th in Mississippi. He died in a military hospital in Jackson Mississippi in 1862.
Taken from the book The Nashville City Cemetry History Carved In Stone by Carole Bucy and Carol Kaplan submitted by LindaMooreMora
He was one of Nashville's premier architects designed tombstones at Nashville City cemetery. Creating many monuments one for Nancy Maynor in 1828, one of the first commissions he had in Nashville. It is marked with a butterfly and signed "A. Heiman".
He was a lieutenant in the Mexican War (1845-1847). During the Civil War he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 10th Tennessee Regiment and fought at Forts Henry and Donelson. He was taken prisoner and served five months at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. He was part of a prisoner exchange and rejoined the reorganized 10th in Mississippi. He died in a military hospital in Jackson Mississippi in 1862.
Taken from the book The Nashville City Cemetry History Carved In Stone by Carole Bucy and Carol Kaplan submitted by LindaMooreMora
He was one of Nashville's premier architects designed tombstones at Nashville City cemetery. Creating many monuments one for Nancy Maynor in 1828, one of the first commissions he had in Nashville. It is marked with a butterfly and signed "A. Heiman".
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