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Morristown College
417 N. James St., Morristown,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
36° 13' 15.539988",
-83° 17' 45.6"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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Morristown College, a two-year co-educational liberal arts institution, was founded as Morristown Seminary by Reverend Judson S. Hill in 1881. The first building used to provide education for the Negro youth of East Tennessee stood near this site on the present campus. It had previously served as a slave mart, a hospital for Union and Confederate soldiers, a Baptist church, and an elementary school
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Morristown College Tennessee Map
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