Bostick Female Academy - Triune TN
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N 35° 51.125 W 086° 39.557
16S E 530765 N 3967595
An historical marker placed in 1999 next to the driveway leading to the private residence that used to serve as Bostick Female Academy.
Waymark Code: WMTATY
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2016
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Dr. Jonathan Bostick, a resident of Triune who died in 1872 at his cotton plantation in Mississippi, bequeathed funds for this school. It was his desire to replace the famed Porter Female Academy, burned by Union soldiers in 1863, and to maintain the tradition of fine schools for boys and girls in the Triune district. The money arrived in 1891 after a long delay. John S. Claybrooke, the only trustee name in Bostick's will still living, used it to buy eleven acres from the Samuel Perkins estate and had this handsome edifice built. Bostick Female Academy's first session was held in 1893. After Hardeman Academy burned in 1940, this building served as the Triune Public School until 1949. It is now a private residence.
Marker Name: Bostick Female Academy
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: none
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Williamson County Historical Society
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