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University of the South

E. Brown Rd, Lookout Mountain, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 59' 41.339976", -85° 20' 38.879988"
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Founded here July 4, 1857, when its first trustees, representing Episcopal dioceses in ten Southern states, met to adopt the plan of Bishop (later Confederate General) Leonidas Polk for a university to be sponsored by the Episcopal Church. Following the colorful ceremony here, a second meeting of the Board was held in Montgomery, Alabama, in November, 1857, and Sewanee, Tennessee was chosen as the site.

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Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
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