Samuel Doak House - 1C 60 - Tusculum, TN
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vhasler
N 36° 10.504 W 082° 45.883
17S E 341294 N 4004809
The Doak family are founders of liberal arts Tusculum College.
Waymark Code: WM52TH
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2008
Views: 12
Sign text: The house was begun by Rev. Samuel Witherspoon Doak and occupied by the elder Samuel Doak until his death in 1829. It remained in the Doak family until Tusculum College acquired the property. Tusculumn College was founded in 1818; fifty years later Greeneville College, which was founded by the Rev. Hezekiah Balch in 1794, merged with Tusculum College.
The nearby Doak house is on the National Register of Historical Places and is Waymark Code: WM51Y5.
Marker Name: Samuel Doak House
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number: 1C 60
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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