Photo Credits

Every photo on the Fayetteville pages, who made it, and the license that lets us use it. All are public domain or under Creative Commons licenses that allow commercial use (CC BY / CC BY-SA). Images were resized for the web; no other changes. Resized versions of CC BY-SA images are shared under the same license.

Two-story brick storefronts and the Lincoln Theater sign along the north side of the Fayetteville square on a sunny day

North side (College Street) of the Fayetteville courthouse square, with the Lincoln Theater

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	Town home (hero)

Storefronts and street lamps on the Fayetteville town square

Town square in Fayetteville, Tennessee

Creator	Ichabod (Wikimedia Commons user)
Date	2008-11-23
License	CC BY-SA 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Shown on	Town home, History

The brick Lincoln County Courthouse with a white cupola, seen across a lawn

Lincoln County Courthouse, Fayetteville

Creator	Ichabod (Wikimedia Commons user)
Date	2008-11-23
License	CC BY-SA 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Shown on	Town home (newcomer tile), History

Black-and-white photo of a large crowd gathered in front of the old domed Lincoln County Courthouse

Crowd at the Lincoln County Courthouse awaiting the 1886 gubernatorial debate between Robert Love Taylor and Alfred Taylor

Creator	T. V. McCown (photographer); Tennessee State Library and Archives
Date	1886
License	Public domain (PD-US)
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	T. V. McCown, 1886. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	History

Map of the 1813–14 Creek War showing Fayetteville, Tennessee at the top and forts and battles to the south in Alabama

Map: The Creek War, 1813–14 (Fayetteville shown at top)

Creator	U.S. National Park Service
Date	n.d. (NPS map of 1813–14 events)
License	Public domain (U.S. government work, PD-USGov-NPS)
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Map: U.S. National Park Service. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	History

Black-and-white photo of a three-span steel truss railroad bridge crossing the Elk River

Bridge No. 33.3 spanning the Elk River at Fayetteville (HAER TN-42-2)

Creator	Spencer Graves, photographer, for the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
Date	1987
License	Public domain (U.S. government work; Library of Congress: no known restrictions)
Source	Library of Congress file page · Wikimedia Commons copy
Attribution	Spencer Graves, Historic American Engineering Record, 1987. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HAER TN-42. Public domain
Shown on	History

Black-and-white photo of a group of young boys, child mill workers, standing against a brick wall

Young doffers in Elk Cotton Mills, Fayetteville, Tennessee

Creator	Lewis Wickes Hine, National Child Labor Committee
Date	1910 (Nov.)
License	Public domain (Library of Congress: no known restrictions on publication)
Source	Library of Congress file page · Wikimedia Commons copy
Attribution	Lewis Wickes Hine, 1910. National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Public domain
Shown on	History

Long low brick building of the former Borden milk plant, now the county museum, behind a green lawn

Fayetteville-Lincoln County Museum, the former Borden Powdered Milk Plant (NRHP)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	Town home (newcomer tile), History

Three-story red brick commercial building with arched windows on a downtown corner

Pythian Building, Fayetteville (c. 1900, Knights of Pythias hall)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	Town home

White Victorian house with a wraparound porch and turret among trees

Hugh Bright Douglas House (Douglas-Wyatt House), 301 Elk Ave. N. (NRHP 1982)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

Stone Gothic Revival house with pointed gables behind a white picket fence

McDonald-Bolner House, 400 S. Elk (NRHP 1984)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

Brick church with a steep gabled roof on a stone foundation

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 305 W. Maple St. (NRHP 2000)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

Red brick church with two square towers topped by white spires

St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 521 W. College St. (NRHP 2003)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	Town home (newcomer tile), History (NRHP gallery)

White two-story house with a columned front porch and hedges

Whitaker-Fulton-Jennings-Schrimsher House, Mulberry-Washington-Lincoln Historic District (NRHP 1984)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

Yellow Queen Anne house with a corner turret and porch

Goodrich-Thornton House, South Elk Street Historic District (NRHP 1989)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

Brick house with a tall white-columned portico and an American flag in front

Childress House, 2618 Pulaski Hwy. (NRHP 1982)

Creator	rossograph (Wikimedia Commons user)
Date	2022-01-01 (per file metadata)
License	CC BY-SA 4.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

White two-story farmhouse with a porch, surrounded by trees and lawn

Isaac Conger House, 50 Hamestring Rd. (NRHP 1973)

Creator	rossograph (Wikimedia Commons user)
Date	2022-01-01 (per file metadata)
License	CC BY-SA 4.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

Stone schoolhouse with a square bell tower

Mimosa School, Lincoln County (NRHP)

Creator	rossograph (Wikimedia Commons user)
Date	2022-01-01 (per file metadata)
License	CC BY-SA 4.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

Two-story brick house with a red roof and white columned porch

Whitaker-Motlow House, Mulberry (NRHP)

Creator	Brian Stansberry
Date	2015-05-02
License	CC BY 3.0
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Attribution	Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown on	History (NRHP gallery)

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