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Battle Ground Academy and Gymnasium, Franklin, Tenn., circa 1909

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Title	Battle Ground Academy and Gymnasium, Franklin, Tenn., circa 1909
Corporate name	Battle Ground Academy (Franklin, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Architecture Buildings Schools Education Private Schools Sports & Recreation Postcards--Tennessee--Franklin Schools--Tennessee--Franklin Private schools--Tennessee--Franklin Education--Tennessee--Franklin School facilities--Tennessee--Franklin Educational facilities--Tennessee--Franklin
Geographic entry	Franklin (Tenn.)--History--Sources Franklin (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Columbia Avenue (Franklin, Tenn.)
Description	A postcard of Battle Ground Academy and Gymnasium, circa 1909. Established in 1889, the school was named for its original location on the battle ground of the Civil War Battle of Franklin. The first campus was erected at the corner of Columbia Avenue and Cleburne Street in Franklin, Tennessee. S. V. Wall and W. D. Mooney were chosen as the first to head the new academy. It was established to educate young men, but young women were allowed to attend. In 1902, the original school burned and the school was relocated to a site on Columbia Avenue in Franklin. Students boarded in private homes until circa 1922, when the first dormitory was built. A decision was made to go to an all male academy and operated as such for approximately fifty years, when in the 1970s the board program was phased out and subsequently women were once again admitted. Today, the private coeducational school is located at a new site with state-of-the art facilities and operates two campuses and has the three divisions of Lower School, Middle School, and Upper School. Forms part of the Nashville Room Postcard Collection. 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Contributors	H. G. Zimmerman & Co. (Publisher)
Date	ca. 1909
Type	Still Image; Postcards
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Nash - 341
Language	English
Relation	Nashville Room Postcard Collection
Coverage	1900-1909
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 the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-Nash-341