Tanner School

Tanner School is a Tennessee historical marker in Cocke County.

115 Mulberry Street, Newport, Tennessee 37821

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Built in 1924 with financial assistance from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, established by Sears Roebuck CEO Julius Rosenwald, the community worked with the philanthropic organization to provide a place where African American children could receive a proper education. In 1930 officials named the school for Dudley S. Tanner, a Rosenwald agent who worked to promote its establishment. Tanner School closed in 1966 due to desegregation. It later served as home to various community groups. In 2011, a tornado damaged the building forcing I to close. Thanks to the efforts of local citizens, it is again a center of activity.

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1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Mt Guyot, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1926 · Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina-Tennessee / engraved and… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1927 · N. & S. Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Tanner School

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