Sewanee: University of the South


  • Address: 336 Tennessee Ave
  • Vicinity: Kentucky Ave
  • Type: College Campus
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1857/07/04 Lt Gen Leonidas Polk Vocation Bishop Leonidas Polk leads delegates from ten Southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States up Monteagle Mountain to established a denominational college for the region.
1884/00/00 Rev William A Guerry Education William Alexander Guerry earn a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts at Sewanee: The University of the South.
1886/00/00 Rev William A Guerry Work Rev William A Guerry, professor of homiletic and pastoral theology at the School of Theology, is appointed chaplain of the University of the South.
1891/00/00 Rev William A Guerry Education William Alexander Guerry is awarded a Bachelor of Divinity from Sewanee: The University of the South.
1911/11/09 William Howard Taft Dignitary From the chapel porch, W Taft gives a short speech on his appreciation of Sewanee and good wishes for her future. Taft visits the library and attends a reception. The Associated Press reporter refused to leave the train as he felt he was being ignored.

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Particulars for Sewanee: University of the South:
Education College Campus
Architectural Style Collegiate Gothic Style
Area of Significance Education
Sight Category Historic District




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