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Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
This building, renowned for its pure Gothic architecture and harmony of proportions, was designed by Wills & Dudley, of New York in a style suggesting an English village church. The cornerstone was laid May 7, 1852, by Bishop James Otey. The church…
Peabody College for Teachers
Peabody College was founded in 1875 when the University of Nashville, located in Nashville, Tennessee, split into two separate educational institutions. The preparatory demonstration school, University School of Nashville, separated from the college…
Belmont College for Young Women
Belmont College for Young Women was founded by Susan L. Heron and Ida E. Hood, opened on September 4, 1890. Modeled on the women’s colleges of the Northeast, the school was established on a 15-acres of the former Belmont estate, including the mansion…
Fort Negley
The guns of Fort Negley, commanding three turnpikes to the South & Southeast, opened the Battle of Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864. this site was selected by Capt. J.S. Morton as the key strong point in the Federal line around the city. The European style…
Fisk University
Fisk University was established six months after the end of the Civil War by John Ogden, the Reverend Erastus Milo Cravath, and the Reverend Edward P. Smith. They named the school in honor of General Clinton B. Fisk of the Tennessee Freedmen's…
Union Station
Union Station is a former railroad terminal, now hotel, that served the passenger operations of eight railroads then with service to Nashville, Tennessee. Erected by the Louisville & Nashville Terminal Co. dedicated Oct. 9, 1900, the Romanesque style…
Meharry Medical College
Meharry Medical College, established in 1876 through the efforts of Dr. George W. Hubbard, Dr. William J. Sneed, and Samuel Meharry, is the only AMA accredited, privately endowed, predominantly African American medical school in the world.…
Hume-Fogg High School
Nashville's first public school, Hume School, opened here Feb. 26, 1855. A three story brick building, the school employed 12 teachers and served all grades. In 1874 high school classes were moved to Fogg School built on adjoining corner lot. Named…
Randall Jarrell
Distinguished poet, critic, novelist, and teacher. Born in Nashville; Hume-Fogg graduate 1931; Vanderbilt bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Served in U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. Wrote about losses of war and childhood innocence. Poet Laureate…