DuBose Conference Center


DuBose Conference Center or DuBose Church Training Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
DuBose Memorial Church Training School, November 2014.
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Location	Fairmont and College Sts., Monteagle, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°14′29″N 85°49′38″W / 35.24139°N 85.82722°W / 35.24139; -85.82722Coordinates: 35°14′29″N 85°49′38″W / 35.24139°N 85.82722°W / 35.24139; -85.82722
Area	1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built	1924
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
MPS	Grundy County MRA (AD)
NRHP Reference #	80003802^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1980

The DuBose Conference Center, formally known as the DuBose Memorial Church Training School, is a historic site at Fairmont and College Streets in Monteagle, Tennessee. It is an Episcopal Church training and conference center.^[2]

History

The site was originally established as the Fairmount College in 1872 and included among its students the Soong Sisters, one of whom later became Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the another, Soong Ching-ling, became wife of Sun Yat-Sen.^[3]^[4]

It was built in 1924 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ http://www.duboseconf.org/history Retrieved 2011-05-31
↑ "Southeast Tennessee Tourist Association". Southeast Tourist Tourist Association. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
↑ Chitty, Arther and Elizabeth, Sewanee Sampler, 1978, p. 106, ISBN 0-9627687-7-4

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