Centennial Park listed on national historic register

Mayor will propose a 'master plan' for update of the park

11-17-2008 2:08 PM —

Mayor Karl Dean announced Monday that he has appointed a committee to oversee the restoration of Nashville's Centennial Park. The 111 year-old park was officially listed on the National Register of Historical Places today.

The the committee's first order of business will be to issue a proposal for a master plan for the update of the park.

Members of the committee are as follows:

• Nicholas S. Zeppos, chancellor of Vanderbilt University (honorary chair)

• George Anderson, chair of the Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park, and president of First Horizon Insurance

• Ben Armistead, executive board member of the Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park, and chairman of Greenwich Transportation Underwriters Inc.

• Stan Fossick, chair of the Metro Board of Parks and Recreation, and vice president of Midsouth Wire

• Aubrey Harwell, managing partner of Neal & Harwell PLC

• Christine Kreyling, architecture and urban planning critic

• Chris Kyriopoulos, co-founder and principal of Compound Capital

• Reavis Mitchell, professor and chair of the Department of History at Fisk University, and chairman of the State Review Board for nominations to the National Trust.