Morristown College - 1B56 - Morristown, TN - Tennessee Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Sign text: Morristown College, a two-year co-educational liberal arts institution, was founded as Morristown Seminary by Reverend Judson S. Hill in 1881. The first building used to provide education for the Negro youth of East Tennessee stood near this site on the present campus. It had previously served as a slave mart, a hospital for Union and Confederate soldiers, a Baptist church, and an elementary school.

The school has been sold due to financial hardship, then closed, and now vandalized extensively. From the tour guide at Crockett Tavern, I learned that the city is trying to buy the property for a public center as a couple of the buildings are still usable.

Marker Name: Morristown College Marker Location: City Type of Marker: Other Marker Number: 1B56 Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Tennessee Historical Commission

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Date Logged Log User Rating   12/29/2018 Markerman62 visited it