Davidson Academy - 3 A 27
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N 36° 14.217 W 086° 43.448
16S E 524788 N 4010265
Tennessee Historical Commission marker 3 A 27 - Davidson Academy. Located in Nashville, TN.
Waymark Code: WM15YC
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2007
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3 A 27
Davidson Academy
First established a few yards north in Spring Hill Meetinghouse by Dr. Thomas Craighead, newly elected president, on arrival from North Carolina in 1786. In 1801 it moved across the river to a building on "College Hill." In 1806 it became Cumberland College, later the University of Nashville, later Peabody College.
Tennessee Historical Commission
Marker reads the same on both sides.
Other Information:
Vanderbilt Peabody College