Brownsville in Haywood County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Flagg Grove School

Photographed by Robert Ponce, April 23, 2021

1. Flagg Grove School Marker

Inscription. Built on one acre of land given by Benjamin Flagg in 1889, this one-room African American schoolhouse began as a Subscription School offereing education for grades 1-8 until the mid-1960s. Moved from its original location lear the small farming community of Nutbush in 2012. Restored and opened as the Tina Turner Museum in 2014, preserving the legacy of the Flagg family and the importance of education for all people.

Erected 2016 by West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center & Tina Turner Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.

Location. 35° 32.461′ N, 89° 14.762′ W. Marker is in Brownsville, Tennessee, in Haywood County. It is on Sunny Hill Cove 0.2 miles east of Anderson Avenue (Tennessee Route 76), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 121 Sunny Hill Cove, Brownsville TN 38012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dunbar (approx. 3.6 miles away); Yellow Fever (approx. 3.6 miles away); Wesleyan Female College (approx. 3.6 miles away); Pythian Hotel (approx. 3.7 miles away); Rawls Funeral Home

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(approx. 3.7 miles away); Golden Circle Life Insurance Company (approx. 3.7 miles away); Opera House (approx. 3.7 miles away); The Brownsville Raids (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brownsville.

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Photographed by Robert Ponce, April 23, 2021

2. The Flagg Grove School

Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2021. This page has been viewed 599 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 11, 2021. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.