TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE ~ 2A 58
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TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE ~ 2A 58
Waymark Code: WM27J9
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2007
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TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE ~ 2A 58
Organized in 1857 as Athens Female College and sponsored then by the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The name of the college has been changed several times, but it has bee related to some branch of the Methodist Church continuously.
A separate charter was issued in 1925 to Tennessee Wesleyan College by the State of Tennessee. It operated as a junior college from 1925 to 1954 and as a senior college since 1954.
Marker Name: TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE ~ 2A 58
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: 2A 58
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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