Belmont College for Young Women

Belmont College for Young Women

Wedgewood Avenue, Belmont Boulevard, Nashville, schools, college, women, girls' school, education

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 and home of Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham, which was built in 1850. Ward Seminary and Belmont College for Young Women merged in 1913 to form Ward-Belmont, the first junior college in the South to receive full accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. After 1951, Ward-Belmont closed, and Belmont College reopened under the governance of the Tennessee Baptist Convention.

Ida Hood and Susan Heron

1890-1951

Buildings

Location: Wedgewood Avenue and Belmont Blvd.