In 1878, the Nashville Medical College became the
Medical Department of the University of Tennessee. It moved to Memphis in 1911 and became, as the University of Tennessee at Memphis, one of the foremost, comprehensive medical centers in the nation. — — Map (db m215812) HM
National Guard occupied Clinton in 1956, quelling riots over admission of black high school students. A year later, Bobby Cain became the first African American to graduate from an integrated public high school in the South — — Map (db m218673) HM
Public schools were first established by law in 1823, but were inadequately funded until the direct taxation school support legislation in 1854
The Civil War interrupted this growth. — — Map (db m215283) HM
The Reverend Samuel Doak introduced formal education in the future state with the founding of Martin Academy in 1780 near Jonesborough. — — Map (db m214971) HM
Sequoyah completed his syllabary, a written language, for the Cherokee Nation in 1821.
The Cherokee moved very rapidly to literacy, thereby giving their nation the power of "the talking leaves." — — Map (db m215285) HM
Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School for Negroes at Nashville (later Tennessee State University) opened in 1912. — — Map (db m216206) HM
University of Tennessee at Knoxville won the national intercollegiate football championship in 1951 under General Robert Neyland. — — Map (db m218500) HM
American Baptist College was founded in 1924 as the American Baptist Theological Seminary. The college has educated Civil rights champions, national leaders and outstanding Christian ministers. During the civil rights movement the school was a . . . — — Map (db m208817) HM
Buena Vista School
The first Buena Vista School opened in 1888
and was demolished in 1936. Architects Marr &
Holman designed this Jacobean-style school,
opened in 1931. Three African American first
grade students desegregated the school . . . — — Map (db m242703) HM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Nashville within days of the bombing of the Looby home, and the subsequent march on City Hall. He spoke to a capacity crowd at Fisk University and told them that the Nashville sit-ins were the best organized and . . . — — Map (db m208818) HM
Ed Temple, for whom the stretch of 28th Ave N north of Jefferson St. is named, spent 44 years coaching the Tennessee State University women's track team, from 1950 until his retirement in 1994. During his tenure, TSU became known for its elite . . . — — Map (db m213249) HM
Fisk University was founded in Nashville in January of 1866 on the former site of a civil war barracks. In the years since its inception, Fisk has played a leading role in the education and advancement of African-Americans nationwide, with a strong . . . — — Map (db m213248) HM
Located at 1100 Clay Street, North Nashville High School opened in 1940. Designed by Hart and Russell, the building was constructed with funding from the Public Works Administration, and featured carved stone panels by sculptor Puryear Mims. The . . . — — Map (db m147766) HM
Pearl High was one of the first African American high schools in the state of Tennessee and was at the heart of Nashville's black community. Among the schools many distractions were its athletic achievements in football and men's and women's . . . — — Map (db m208976) HM
The name Saint Cecilia, patroness of music was chosen for a grammar and high school for girls, opened in October 1860 by four Sisters who had moved to this site from Saint Mary's Convent, Third Order of Saint Dominic, Somerset, Ohio on August 17, . . . — — Map (db m4098) HM
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Mission and School was founded in 1932. The school was one of two Catholic institutions opened by St. Katharine Drexel in Nashville for Blacks and staffed with Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. St. Vincent became a . . . — — Map (db m220951) HM
Z. Alexander Looby, attorney, statewide civil rights leader, and a founder of the Kent College of Law, Nashville's first law school for blacks since the 1890s, is credited with desegregating the city's airport dining room and public golf courses. . . . — — Map (db m151705) HM
In 1904, a Philadelphia nun and heiress, Mother Mary Katherine Drexel, purchased this site for Immaculate Mother Academy, which included a primary school and the first Catholic secondary school for black students in Tennessee. Holy Family Catholic . . . — — Map (db m147504) HM
Two blocks west, on the hill, stood Radnor, a college for young women. Founded by A.N. Eshman in 1906, it gained national attention for its complimentary educational tours for students. After the school closed in 1914, a printing plant on campus . . . — — Map (db m147127) HM
Opened on this site February 1890, with a capacity of 60 beds. Doctor Charles Brower of the University of Nashville Medical Department was appointed Superintendent. In 1891 a school of nursing was opened with Miss Charlotte E. Perkins as . . . — — Map (db m147536) HM
During the Civil War (1861-1865), the University of Nashville Literary Building (present day Lindsley Hall) was used as both a Confederate and Federal hospital. Over the course of the war, advances in surgical techniques, ambulance service, . . . — — Map (db m234410) HM
The Literary Building on the campus of the University of Nashville opened in 1854. The structure was designed by Adolphus Heiman, a local architect and stonemason who immigrated to Nashville from Prussia in 1837. The Gothic Revival building used . . . — — Map (db m167484) HM
Named for local merchant and former school board member Rudolph Fehr, and designed by architects Dougherty and Gardner, Fehr School opened in 1924. On Sept. 9, 1957, Fehr became one of the first schools in Nashville to desegregate, admitting four . . . — — Map (db m193462) HM
Organized in 1820, this is the church's third downtown location. The elaborate Gothic tower is all that remains of the Matthews & Thompson building that stood at this location from 1886 to 1967. The Baptist Sunday School Board, now one of the . . . — — Map (db m24141) HM
Also called The Commons, originally 240 acres extending south to the river. Given to Davidson Academy by the State of North Carolina, famous as a mustering ground. Here 4,000 Tennessee Militia were reviewed by Andrew Jackson and Lafayette on the . . . — — Map (db m84200) HM
Founded in 1915 as the first public high school in the county system, Central High School stood here from 1921-1971. One of the earliest student government associations in the South began here. Many graduates became city and county political . . . — — Map (db m147122) HM
One of the largest Children's Museums in the country, with special exhibits of North American animals, birds, flowers, minerals, fossils and local history.
A Planetarium, Art Gallery, live animals, and other exhibits feature the ever-changing . . . — — Map (db m151766)
Founded in 1865 as Central Tennessee College
for freedmen, the college was later named
Walden University and finally Walden College,
which stood on these grounds from 1922 to 1925.
While here, Walden College served as a normal
school for . . . — — Map (db m214000) HM
A native of Pennsylvania, William Carroll moved to Nashville in 1810. He became a successful merchant and hero of the War of 1812. William Carroll served longer as Governor, 12 years, than anyone else in the history of the state. Under his . . . — — Map (db m39407) HM
James C. Napier (1845-1940), Nashville Negro lawyer, educator, member of the city council, delegate to four Republican conventions, Register of U.S. Treasury, 1911-15, was a trustee of Fisk, Howard, and Meharry, advocate of the public schools, and . . . — — Map (db m147545) HM
Cohn School
Designed by architects Asmus and Clark and opened in 1928 as a junior high school, Cohn
School was named in memory of Corinne Lieberman Cohn, one of the first female
members of the school board. Jonas H. Sikes served as first . . . — — Map (db m147440) HM
Once a part of the Byrd Douglas plantation, the Nashville Land Improvement Company dedicated ten acres for a public park in 1887. After annexation, the park became a Nashville City Park in 1907, and the City added playground equipment. Richland Perk . . . — — Map (db m147439) HM
St. Ann Catholic Church and School opened here in 1921. Two Sisters of Charity first welcomed West Nashville Catholics at gatherings held above a nearby hardware store in 1917. This informal gathering became St. Peter's Mission, thanks to support of . . . — — Map (db m180446) HM
A two-room frame school building was constructed here in 1907 to serve the children of newly-annexed West Nashville. Students in grades 1-8 attended here, and a second two-room building was added in 1909 for students in grades 1-4. Maria Wilson Hill . . . — — Map (db m147442) HM
Glenn School. Named for Davidson County Judge and former Edgefield mayor William A. Glenn (1805-1883), the two-story, brick Glenn School opened in 1904. On Sept. 9. 1957, three African American first grade students desegregated the school. An . . . — — Map (db m163412) HM
Haynes School was named for William Haynes, a local African American who made the land
available on which the school was built. With T. Clinton Derricks as founding principal, Haynes began in 1931 as an elementary school with grades one through . . . — — Map (db m154910) HM
Built 1898, the Mary Lee Academy, the second school in the Oglesby Community, was named for its first teacher, Miss Mary Lee Clark. The county bought the school in 1906. The name changed to Ogilvie in honor of the land donor, Benton H. Ogilvie, and . . . — — Map (db m147096) HM
Through the efforts of Mark Sterling Cockrill and Lemuel Davis, a school serving West Nashville children in grades l-8 opened near here in 1888. High school grades were soon added and the school became West Nashville High School. Following . . . — — Map (db m147438) HM
This field, as home to football teams of Corinne L. Cohn High School, was a focal point of pride for the people of West Nashville from 1940-1982. It was named by Principal W.R. Rochelle and the Nashville Board of Education in honor of Jonas H. . . . — — Map (db m213351) HM
(Obverse) Named for Joshua F. Pearl, the city's first superintendent of schools, Pearl was established in 1883 as a grammar school for Negroes and was located on old South Summer Street. It became a high school in 1897 when grades 9 thru 11 . . . — — Map (db m4988) HM
When photographer and art collector Alfred Stieglitz passed away in 1946, his wife, artist Georgia O'Keeffe, arranged the transfer of 97 works from his collection to Fisk University. The selection included works by such noted artists as Paul . . . — — Map (db m214510) HM
Less than five years after its creation, Fisk University was struggling finically. So, in 1871 the school sent a nine-member student chorus on a fundraising tour of the northeastern United States. However, small audiences, meager donations, and the . . . — — Map (db m214508) HM
In 1829, The Rev. Alex Green joined the Methodist Episcopal Church's Nashville Conference. Elected vice-president of the TN Conference's Temperance Society in 1835, Green was instrumental in the Southern Methodist Publishing House's move to . . . — — Map (db m147788) HM
Members and friends of the DCTS-CHS Alumni Association dedicate this monument to the memory of the faculty and students who attended this great institution.
The Faculty
Mr. David C. Crowder, Founder and Principal
Mr. . . . — — Map (db m152592) HM
Site of Decatur Co. School Gymnasium
Dedicated Oct. 15, 2013
Built with hand chiseled blocks from county's limestone quaries using Works Progress Administration "WPA" Labor
This structure burned on January 22, 1956 This memorial is . . . — — Map (db m178640) HM
Wheeler School for Blacks was established during the Reconstruction period in Wilson County on land donated by Captain J.D. Wheeler, formerly of the 5th Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A. Renowned Black educator W. E. B. DuBois taught at the school during . . . — — Map (db m150174) HM
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued January 1, 1863, authorized the recruiting of African Americans as United States soldiers. It inspired men, like brothers John and Arch Nesbitt, to join the U.S. Colored Troops and fight for their freedom. John . . . — — Map (db m81504) HM
In 1907 Thomas E. Miller established Miller Academy for Black students, which was the
forerunner of Hampton School. Miller served as the school's principal until 1919, when he moved to Illinois and the school closed. In 1922 the Dickson County . . . — — Map (db m151415) HM
Settled in 1819 on the site of an Indian trading post, it was named for General La Fayette's ancestral home in France. He visited La Grange in 1824 and called it the "Beautiful Village." Its location on a bluff made it a natural military post; . . . — — Map (db m62007) HM
York Bible School
York used funds he received from the movie Sergeant York to promote education and his religious convictions through creation of an interdenominational Bible School. The facility would train song leaders, Sunday School . . . — — Map (db m99391) HM
Nine years after Brown v. Board of Education, eight local families initiated a lawsuit to compel Franklin County to desegregate the public school system. The plaintiffs included the Bates, Cameron, Camp, Goodstein, Hill, Sisk, Staten, and . . . — — Map (db m153772) HM
He was a career United States Army officer and educator. He served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy after the fall of Vicksburg. . . . — — Map (db m25437) HM
Here, before the War Between the States, stood the frame residence of Bishop Leonidas Polk of Louisiana, a principal founder of the University of the South. Here were built in 1866 the first two log cabins of postwar Sewanee by Bishop Charles T. . . . — — Map (db m25430) HM
At this site stands Saints Rest, among the three oldest remaining houses in Sewanee. Erected in 1870 by Charlotte Bull Barnwell Elliott, widow of a founding Episcopal bishop from Georgia, Stephen Elliott, it was part of the postwar revival of the . . . — — Map (db m153775) HM
Founded Jan. 6, 1858, under charter granting perpetual direction by the Episcopal Church in Ala., Ark., Ga., La., Miss., N. Car., S. Car., Tenn., and Texas. Nearby, Leonidas Polk, Bishop of La., later Lt. Gen., C.S.A., laid the cornerstone for the . . . — — Map (db m62036) HM
Allan Gipson, a pioneer settler of Franklin County (1814), was a merchant, planter, and original benefactor to the University of the South. He dedicated a large tract to the Sewanee Domain. Gipson served as a private in the Tennessee Mounted . . . — — Map (db m116015) HM
The first school hereabouts for male education was established on the NE corner of this property in 1809; named for Samuel Carrick, founder of Blount College, later the University of Tennessee. Its first principal was Robert Witter. The first . . . — — Map (db m153779) HM
In Memoriam MARY SHARP COLLEGE 1851-1896 Pres. Z.C. Graves A.M. L.L.D. MOTTO; LEARN TO THINK First womens' college in America to require Greek and Latin for Bachelors Degree John Eaton M.S. Commissioner of Education . . . — — Map (db m31651) HM
This college, devoted exclusively to the higher education of women, first opened its doors Jan. 1, 1851. It was named for one of its principal benefactors. It suspended from 1861 to 1865, the buildings being used by Federal troops. Reopening in . . . — — Map (db m25427) HM
4½ mi. S.E., near Liberty, Francis Joseph Campbell lived as a boy. Blinded in 1836, when 4 years old, he was educated in the first class of the State School for the Blind, later in Boston and Europe. Settling in England, his success in . . . — — Map (db m26177) HM
Born on a farm near old south Gibson about 4 miles NE, he spent his boyhood in a house on this site. He attended local public schools and a private school taught by Mrs. Sharp Lannon. Later he practiced law in this city, from 1884 to 1889. A . . . — — Map (db m36604) HM
The historic Training school for Negroes was constructed in 1926 with $2,500 required donations from the Milan Negro citizens, $16,000 of public school funds, and $1,500 from the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Tuskegee Institute Principal Booker T. . . . — — Map (db m68484) HM
Organized in 1926, the Industrial Training School for Negroes was the only training school for Blacks in Gibson County. Later named Gibson County Training School, it was the county's first four-year high school for Blacks. Students came from the . . . — — Map (db m81554) HM
Friendship Lodge No. 22, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, founded the Odd Fellows Female Collegiate Institute here in 1852. During the Civil War, Federal troops occupied the building, a two-story brick structure, and used it as a hospital. An . . . — — Map (db m74600) HM
Though black public education existed in Giles County by 1869, Bridgeforth was the first black high school. Designed by America's first black architectural firm, McKissack and McKissack, which had local roots, and named for black educator J. T. . . . — — Map (db m81559) HM
Giles County natives Donald G. Davidson and John C. Ransom were influential personages in American literature. Professors at Vanderbilt University, they helped found The Fugitive (1922~25), a magazine which launched the "Southern literary . . . — — Map (db m29807) HM
Dr. William Albert Lewis was raised in the Wales community of Giles County and
attended public school in Pulaski. He graduated from Pulaski High School in only
the second graduating class for Black students in Giles County and upon his
graduation . . . — — Map (db m151148) HM
This unique, stylized ironwork once adorned the front of the Giles County-High School, located on West Hill from 1937 until 1961. It covered two windows at the front entrance and along the roof above the gymnasium and auditorium. It, along with . . . — — Map (db m151163) HM
Built between 1853 and 1860 by Dr. William Batte, this house is a significant example of Greek Revival architecture. As the home of Dr. Elihu Edmondson, it was occupied by Union troops during the Civil War. The house was owned by John C. Brown after . . . — — Map (db m151113) HM
Beginning in the early 1960s, Herbert and Grace Grissom
became associated with Martin Methodist College through
their service to the United Methodist Church. Since that
time they have become two of the most dedicated friends of
the College. For . . . — — Map (db m151130) HM
For well over a century, “Colonial Hall” was a private residence adjacent to the Martin Methodist College campus. Built in 1848 by community leader and physician Dr. William Batte, the mansion later served as the residence for the son of . . . — — Map (db m151115) HM
Thomas Martin founded Martin Female College in 1870, to fulfill the wish of his dying daughter for a girls' school in Giles County. Its first president was William K. Jones. Fire destroyed it in 1904. It became coeducational in 1937. The Methodist . . . — — Map (db m29802) HM
Born in Giles County in 1870, J.T. Bridgeforth was educated at A&T State College. In the early 1900's he became interested in securing a county school for black children living outside the city limits of Pulaski and was the prime mover in organizing . . . — — Map (db m151147) HM
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