College Hill Historic District (Brownsville, Tennessee)
College Hill Historic District | |
Location | Brownsville, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 35°35′44″N 89°15′37″W / 35.59556°N 89.26028°W |
Area | 96 acres (39 ha) (original) 94.2 acres (38.1 ha) (increase) |
Built by | Multiple |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Stick/Eastlake |
MPS | Historic Resources of Brownsville, Tennessee |
NRHP reference No. | 80003834,[1] 14000447[2] |
Added to NRHP | September 11, 1980 (original) January 27, 2015 (increase) |
The College Hill Historic District in Brownsville, Tennessee is a 96 acres (39 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and expanded in 2015.
It is near TN 19 and U.S. 70/U.S. 79. It is centered on the Brownsville Female College complex built in 1852.[3] The district also contains Oakwood Cemetery, where many of Brownsville's early settlers and prominent citizens are interred.[4]
The original district follows an irregular pattern along West College, West Main, West Margin, Key Corner Streets, and on North Grand, North McLemore and Russell Avenues and on Williamsburg Lane. It included Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Stick/Eastlake architecture.[3]
The original included 72 contributing buildings and a contributing structure.[3]
The boundary increase January 27, 2015 is roughly bounded by Haralson Street, Margin Street, North Wilson Avenue and Cherry Street.[5]
The extension was listed on the National Register consistent with guidelines established in a 2014 study of historic resources in Brownsville.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Featured listing page
- ^ a b c Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Morey, Jr., and Mrs. Emma Nunn (December 11, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: College Hill Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With 42 photos from 1979. - ^ "Oakwood Cemetery – Brownsville, Tennessee". Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Rebecca Hightower (February 14, 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: College Hills Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2017. Includes 35 photos from 2013 (see photo captions page 29).
- ^ Rebecca Hightower (February 17, 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Resources of Brownsville, Tennessee 1823-1970". National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- Greek Revival architecture in Tennessee
- Gothic Revival architecture in Tennessee
- Queen Anne architecture in Tennessee
- Buildings and structures completed in 1824
- Haywood County, Tennessee
- West Tennessee Registered Historic Place stubs