Columbia Athenaeum
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Title |
Columbia Athenaeum |
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Alternate Title |
Athenaeum, Columbia, Tennessee |
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Genre |
Photographs
architecture
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Description |
A young woman leans against one of the front portico columns of a whitewashed Greek Revival building bearing the letters Columbia Athenaeum in the pediment. |
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Historical note |
The Columbia Athenaeum, a school for young women in Columbia, Tennessee, was founded in 1852 by Reverend Franklin Gillette Smith (1797-1866) after he left the Columbia Female Institute, where he had been headmaster since 1837. During the Civil War, Smith and his wife worked tirelessly to keep the Athenaeum boarding school open for any young ladies who cared to stay, fearful that the buildings might be destroyed in their absence. |
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Subject |
Education; Columbia Female Institute; Smith, Franklin Gillette; Girls--1860-1870 |
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Theme |
Holding Fast to Beauty
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Story |
Education of Young Women |
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Geographic Location |
United States--Tennessee--Columbia |
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Time period |
1860-1869 |
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Language |
eng |
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Rights |
Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Maury County Archives |
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Credit line |
The Athenaeum Rectory, courtesy Maury County Archives |
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Contributing Institution |
Maury County Archives; |
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Archival file |
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