Sewanee: The University of the South -- Sewanee, Tennessee - Universities and Colleges on Waymarking.com

The University of the South is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is owned by twenty-eight southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church and its School of Theology is an official seminary of the denomination.

On July 4, 1857, delegates from ten dioceses of the Episcopal Church — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas — met together at Lookout Mountain to found a denominational college for the region. The cornerstone, laid on October 10, 1860, was destroyed in 1863 by Union soldiers from an Illinois regiment; many of the pieces were collected and kept as keepsakes by the soldiers. Several figures later prominent in the Confederacy, notably Bishop Leonidas Polk, General Edmund Kirby Smith and Bishop James Hervey Otey, were involved in the founding of the University.

Name: Sewanee: The University of the South Location/Address: 735 University Ave. Sewanee, TN United States 37383 Phone Number: 931-598-1000 Web Site: [Web Link] Type of School: Undergraduate School with Graduate Programs School Affiliation: Private -- Other (specify in description) Date Founded: July 4, 1857 Enrollment: 1400 Nicknames/Mascots: Tigers School Colors: Purple, Old Gold, White School Motto: EQB Location of GPS Coordinates: Middle of the Quad by All Saints Chapel

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