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Fountain City in Knox County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Fountain City Schools

 
 
Fountain City Schools Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 10, 2022
1. Fountain City Schools Marker
Inscription. This thirteen-acre campus was the site of Holbrook-Tennessee Normal College from 1893 to 1904, and of Knoxville Central High School from 1906 to 1971. It was the site of Fountain City Grammar School from 1917 to 1931, when the school was moved to Grove Drive. In 1971 Central High was relocated to Jacksboro Pike, and this campus was designated as Greshanm Junior High School in honor of Hasste K. Gresham, Central High principal from 1919 to 1947. In 1979 it was renamed Gresham Middle School.
 
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1E 116.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.
 
Location. 36° 2.375′ N, 83° 56.13′ W. Marker is in Fountain City, Tennessee, in Knox County. Marker is on Gresham Road south of Pruden Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 Gresham Rd, Knoxville TN 37918, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Fountain City United Methodist Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Savage Garden (approx. half a mile away); Site of Fort Adair
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(approx. one mile away); Fort Adair (approx. one mile away); Mary Frances Housley (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mt. Fuji (approx. 1½ miles away); Norris Freeway (approx. 3 miles away); Mr. Anderson's Log College (approx. 3.3 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Knoxville Central High School Wall of Fame: Hassie Gresham. Tribute video for Gresham Middle School's namesake, Hassie Kate Gresham, the first principal of Central High School in Knoxville. (David Dixon via Vimeo, posted in 2016) (Submitted on April 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.) 
 
Fountain City Schools Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 10, 2022
2. Fountain City Schools Marker
Gresham Middle School image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 10, 2022
3. Gresham Middle School
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 249 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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