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Description
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
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