City Center in Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

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Site of College Building

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1. Site of College Building Marker

Inscription.
Site Of College Building
Accommodated 100 Wounded

(Marker Number MT-30.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 35° 2.714′ N, 85° 18.907′ W. Marker was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. It was in City Center. It was on West 12 Street west of Poplar Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 501 West 12th Street, Chattanooga TN 37402, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: The Chattanooga Brush Electric Light Company (approx. 0.2 miles away); College Hill Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); Carver Memorial Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); Read House (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Union Depot (approx. 0.2 miles away); Second Presbyterian Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Military History of Chattanooga (approx. ¼ mile away); The Chattanooga Rotary Club (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chattanooga.

Other markers no longer nearby. Site of Headquarters, Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing);

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First Union Occupation of the City (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. According to Suzette Raney of the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Chattanooga Public Library, the streets that this marker was originally situated upon, were part of the West Side Urban Renewal Project that took place in the 1960s. This particular marker was most probably originally located on what is today the back grounds of the Chattanooga, "Youth & Family Development Department," perhaps very near the neighboring US 27 loading ramp.

Regarding Site of College Building. With much help from Suzette Raney of the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Chattanooga Public Library, I have been able to put together some background information on these bronze and/or iron, Civil War related, tablets placed throughout the city of Chattanooga.

According to a newspaper article published in the Chattanooga Times on, December 1, 1893, there was a committee appointed from the chamber of commerce to identify historical points in connection with the occupancy of Chattanooga by Federal and Confederate troops. These points were to later be marked by a bronze tablet bearing a description of the event which transpired at that point. According

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 10, 2019

2. Site of College Building Marker

View of the grounds of Chattanooga's "Youth & Family Development Department" where this marker was most probably located.

to a Battlefield Guide, published in 1897 by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, “For the 20th reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, September 18-20, 1889, the publisher of the Guide compiled the following list of historical points, which list, has since been revised and bronze tablets placed on or near the sites by the Government.” So it would appear that it was sometime between late 1893 and 1897 that these tablets were erected, by the government.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 10, 2019

3. Site of College Building Marker

Broader view of the grounds of Chattanooga's "Youth & Family Development Department" where this marker was most probably located, probably on the back grounds, situated either on the back grounds or under a nearby ramp for US 27.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 10, 2019

4. Site of College Building Marker

View of the back grounds of Chattanooga's "Youth & Family Development Department" where this marker was most probably located. In the distant back ground can be seen a nearby loading ramp for US 27.

Sanborn Fire Insurance map image. Click for full size.

Image courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library.

5. Sanborn Fire Insurance map

This is a view of the marker site (see red dot on map) prior to 1960s West Side Urban Renewal Project. The actual site of was demolished by construction of a new routing of US 27.

"MT-numbered” listings image. Click for full size.

Image courtesy of the National Park Service., July 12, 2017

6. "MT-numbered” listings

View of page 30 from the National Park Service’s record book on the Chattanooga - Chickamauga ”MT-numbered” listings of classified structures, which is kept in the Chickamauga Battlefield Park's Visitor Center.

Tablet Related Newspaper Article image. Click for full size.

Image courtesy of the Chattanooga Public Library.

7. Tablet Related Newspaper Article

View of a tablet related newspaper article published in the Chattanooga Times on, December 1, 1893.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2019, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 25, 2019, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 26, 2019, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 25, 2019, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.