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Harrison Academy

Harrison Academy is a Tennessee historical marker in Hamilton County.

Hamilton Co, TN 58, near present Harrison School

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Founded in 1838, this was the first public school in Hamilton County. It stood on a small hill about two miles northeast. Many citizens, later prominent in the life of the state and the community, received their early education here. It closed its doors about 1890.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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