Bostick Female Academy
Bostick Female Academy | |
Late Victorian | |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004070 [1] |
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| Added to NRHP | April 15, 1982 |
The Bostick Female Academy, also known as Triune School, is a property in Triune, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
At one time Triune had five private schools, including a Porter Female Academy that was destroyed in 1863 in the American Civil War. On the board of the Porter Female Academy was a Dr. Jonathan Bostick, a planter who later bequeathed funds to establish a female academy in Tennessee. This was to replace the Porter Academy. Following delays due to litigation of Bostick's will, the Bostick Female Academy was built and opened in 1892.[1][2]
The school building was designed in a
The building is an L-shaped building built in c.1892.[3]
The building operated as a private school until about 1900, then as a public school until 1957. Since then it has been used as a private home.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-89587-129-9.
- ^ Shain T. Dennison and Carol C. Elam (October 27, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bostick Female Academy / Triune School". National Park Service. Retrieved March 2, 2017. with eight photos from 1980
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