Title	Fisk University: chapel entrance
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	2008-2009
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Fisk University
Property type	School
Additional property type	District
National Register Reference	78002579 listed February 8, 1978
Community Name	Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Description	Color photograph of an entrance of the chapel, front portico with peaked roof and arched entrance, featuring six columns and two sets of paired double doors, carved cross at the peak of the portico and gold writing above the doors
Historical Notes	Fisk University was established six months after the end of the Civil War by John Ogden, the Reverend Erastus Milo Cravath, and the Reverend Edward P. Smith. They named the school in honor of General Clinton B. Fisk of the Tennessee Freedmen's Bureau, who provided the new institution with facilities in former Union Army barracks near the present site of Nashville's Union Station. The first classes convened on January 9, 1866. Students ranged from ages seven to seventy, and shared common experiences of slavery and poverty. Strongly affiliated with the United Church of Christ, the institution was dreamed to be open to all, regardless of race, and that it would be measured by "the highest standards, not of Negro education, but of American education at its best." The educational institution was incorporated into Fisk University on August 22, 1867. From its earliest days, it played a leadership role in the education of African Americans, producing such traditions as the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Fisk University
Subject-AAT	Colleges Universities
Subject-TGM	Universities & colleges
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Medium	Slide
Extent	35 mm
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Fisk University: chapel entrance

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