Big Old Tree Contest
Previous Winners

1991 Winners

Eastern Red Cedar
 
3811 Whites Creek Pike, in the woods

owner Raymond G. Ray Sr.

nominator Mark S. Hackney

84” circumference, 68’ high, 23’ crown spread

 

Cottonwood
 
803 Lynwood Blvd. 

owner Harold Oliphant 

nominator Mark S. Hackney

188” circumference, 84’ high, 65’ crown spread 

 

Bald Cypress
 
2203 Carter Ave.

owner Ruby M. Smith 

nominator Mark S. Hackney

84” circumference, 88’ high, 37’ crown spread 

 

American Elm
 
End of Glendale School Driveway and Melville Drive 

owner Glendale School

nominator Anne Oachipinti

108” circumference, 84’ high, 70’ crown spread

 

Shagbark Hickory
 
Cornelia Fort Airport property, in woods, near the river 

owner E.W. Colbert

nominator Mark S. Hackney

88” circumference, 99’ high, 48’ crown spread 

 

Shellbark Hickory
 
Cornelia Fort Airport property, in woods, near the river

owner E.W. Colbert

nominator Mark S. Hackney

84” circumference, 102’ high, 58’ crown spread

 

American Hornbeam 
 
Tiffany Drive, in woods approximately 300 yards south 

owner Nashville Bank and Trust Co.

nominator Mark S. Hackney

24” circumference, 40’ high, 26’ crown spread

 

Tulip-tree Magnolia
 
1106 Riverwood Drive

owner Ann Woolwine

nominator Mark S. Hackney

112” circumference, 29’ high, 42’ crown spread

 

Silver Maple
 
On river bank, southeast of Longfield Ave. 

owner Nashville Bank and Trust Co.

nominator Mark S. Hackney

179” circumference, 81’ high, 65’ crown spread

 

Chinkapin Oak
 
Grounds of First Presbyterian Church by entrance to Oak Hill School • Site of High Tree Party

owner First Presbyterian Church

nominator Mrs. Norma Cowell’s Second Grade Class

168” circumference, 100’ high, 58’ crown spread

 

White Oak
 
Forest Grove Cemetery, Whites Creek Pk, Joelton, TN 

owner Forest Grove Cemetery

nominator Harvey and Glenna Johnson

216” circumference, 75’ high, crown spread NA

 

Osage Orange
 
1800 Cedar Lane

owner Fred VonColin

nominator Fred and John VonColin

146” circumference, 60’ high, 65’ crown spread

 

Domestic Plum
 
2321 Carter Ave.

owner R.L. Hackney

nominator Mark S. Hackney

61” circumference, 28’ high, 28’ crown spread 

 

Tulip Poplar 
 
208 Clearbrook Court 

owner Jane and Michael Bottari

nominator Jane and Michael Bottari

132” circumference, 121’11” high, 74’ crown spread

 

Blue Spruce
 
1200 Eastdale Ave.

owner Victor E. Cooley

nominator Mark S. Hackney

41” circumference, 41’ high, crown spread NA