Warner Institute 1876-1913-1A 28
N 36° 17.735 W 082° 28.193
17S E 368014 N 4017736
Talks about the develop of the Warner Institute
Waymark Code: WM5YCR
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2009
Views: 19
Built by the Holston Associaton of Bapist Churches in 1854, this building housed the Holston Bapist Female Institute, Tadlock's School of Boys(ca 1866-67, and Holston Male Institute (1867-76), operated by Confederate Colonel Robert Dungan. In 1876, Yardley Warner of the Society of Friends purchased the building and established Warner Institute, to educated "colored persons and train color teachers" Julia B. Nelson and others from the American Missionary Association operated the school for the Friends. The school remained open until 1910. when the public school system began.
Marker Name: Warner Institute
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: 1A 28
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: THC
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