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Title	Father Ryan High School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1978 July
Corporate name	Father Ryan High School (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Catholic high schools--Tennessee--Nashville Private schools--Tennessee--Nashville Church schools--Tennessee--Nashville Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Architectural elements--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Elliston Place (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description	An exterior view of the old Father Ryan High School, located at 2300 Elliston Place in Nashville, Tennessee, circa July 1978. This school building was originally constructed circa 1928-29 on land that was once a part of the Elliston family plantation. The Roman Catholic school was named in honor of Father Abram J. Ryan, a beloved 19th century Southern priest and poet. The school traces its historical roots to the Nashville Catholic High School for Boys that opened in September 1925 at 2015 West End Avenue. The Elliston Place campus was active as a parochial school for over sixty years and was the first of two schools in Tennessee to integrate. In 1970, there was an expansion to facilities, when it absorbed Cathedral High School and became Nashville’s only coeducational parochial school. In need of further expansion and modernization, the last graduation was held at the Elliston Place campus in the Spring of 1991. During the summer, the school relocated to a new campus located at 700 Norwood drive in the Oak Hill area of Nashville. The old school building at Elliston Place was razed circa 1995. Forms part of the Claynita Harris Slide Collection. The original is a 35 mm color transparency (2 x 2 in. slide mount)
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1978-07
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Harris Slides 550 Father Ryan High School
Relation	Claynita Harris Slide Collection
Coverage	1970-1979
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact: Metro Nashville Archives, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives, Claynita Harris Slide Collection