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Us Marina's on the Square at 125 North Maple is steeped in Murfreesboro history. Ingram Collier and Louisiana Jones (Jones was her name from a previous marriage) erected this building in 1869. Louisiana, being such an independant woman for her time, decided to have her name listed first on the cornerstone of this building still located out front. Ingram, a wealthy cotton broker, met Louisiana on a trip to Kentucky. After losing her husband and both of her sons during the Civil War, she decided to remarry and move to Ingram's hometown of Murfreesboro. The couple built their impressive victorian mansion at 511 E. Main Street, which is presently owned by Jim and Judith Smythe. Ingram and Lousiana originally built this building to house cotton but it only served this purpose for a few short years until, at the age of thirty-five, Ingram died of leukemia. The building is currently owned by Mrs. Sarah King who was instrumental in saving our antebellum courthouse, and the Oakland's Mansion in the 1950's. This building became a restaurant around the turn of the century, and housed several more since that time.Because College street (then Hwy 41) was the only road leading from Nashville to Chicago it was an ideal location for a restaurant. The only road leading to Florida from this area was Main Street. The first known restaurant in this location, was "The Busy Bee Cafe" in 1928. Other restaurants followed such as; "Jimmie's Place" in 1935, and "Eddie's" soon after. The restaurant "Sullivan's" was established in the early fifties, and soon became the most popular restaurant in Murfreesboro. Mrs. Sullivan once commented that everything that they made was from scratch, right down to their mayonnaise. Food suppliers were scarce and were only used for sides of beef, or fifty pound bags of flour. Over the years the building was home to "Cooks," “Don's Kitchen Corner", "David Clark's", and most recently, the"Town Square Cafe". In 1992, John and Cindy Polverino opened a little Italian restaurant they called "Marina's", named after their eldest daughter. The Duross family bought Marina's in 1998 and have continued its operations since. We hope that you love this special place as much as we do. Thanks, Doug and Suzanne |
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