College Hill Historic District (Brownsville, Tennessee)

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Coordinates: 35°35′44″N 89°15′37″W / 35.59556°N 89.26028°W / 35.59556; -89.26028
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College Hill Historic District
College Hill Historic District (Brownsville, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
College Hill Historic District (Brownsville, Tennessee)
College Hill Historic District (Brownsville, Tennessee) is located in the United States
College Hill Historic District (Brownsville, Tennessee)
LocationBrownsville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°35′44″N 89°15′37″W / 35.59556°N 89.26028°W / 35.59556; -89.26028
Area96 acres (39 ha) (original)
94.2 acres (38.1 ha) (increase)
Built byMultiple
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival, Stick/Eastlake
MPSHistoric Resources of Brownsville, Tennessee
NRHP reference No.80003834,[1] 14000447[2]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Featured listing page
  3. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With 42 photos from 1979.
  4. ^ "Oakwood Cemetery – Brownsville, Tennessee". Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ 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.


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