Bandstand

In 1909, Wartrace merchants constructed a wooden platform on this site to serve as a stage for performances by the merchants' band and as the judges' reviewing stand for horse shows then held on Front Street. The bandstand was built over a sulfur water well whose supposed medicinal benefits attracted many visitors to town in the early part of the 20th century, and people began calling it the “well house.” A newspaper article in the 1930's reported that 32 rooms at the hotel were full on a Saturday and that a majority of the visitors had come to get water from the well. The well was later sealed for health reasons. After World War II, veterans enclosed the upstairs as a meeting place. The Wartrace Development Corporation later covered the lower concrete floor with bricks from Wartrace High School after the school was demolished in 1976. It is now a popular location for musical events, gospel singings, ice cream suppers, and other public gatherings.

Wartrace, Tennessee · United States