Title	Nashville City Schools, Carter-Lawrence Elementary
Corporate name	Carter-Lawrence Elementary
Topical entry	Education Elementary schools Architecture Schools
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.) Twelfth Avenue South
Description	Opened in January of 1940, Carter-Lawrence Elementary was a combination of two previously separate schools. Carter Elementary, containing grades one through six, was located just north of the present site on 12th Avenue South. Lawrence Elementary, containing grades one through three, was located on South Street. Carter was named in memory of Howard C. Carter, a teacher in the Nashville city schools, and Lawrence was named for Judge John Lawrence, a member of the Board of Education. Both schools opened in 1890. 11 x 14 in.
Publisher	Metro Nashville Archives
Date	1949
Type	Photograph
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	CDM 080; City Property Photographs Volume 4
Relation	City Property Photographs
Coverage	1949
Rights	Available