Immaculate Mother Academy

Immaculate Mother Academy is a Tennessee historical marker in Davidson County.

Davidson Co, Nashville, 7th Ave. & Academy Drexel St.

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In 1904, a Philadelphia nun and heiress, Mother Mary Katherine Drexel, purchased this site for Immaculate Mother Academy, which included a primary school and the first Catholic secondary school for black students in Tennessee. Holy Family Catholic Church was moved here in 1919, and the primary school was renamed for it. Immaculate Mother became a fully accredited high school in 1940. Until their closing in 1954, the schools were staffed by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament of Bensalem, PA.

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1895 · Battle-field, Nashville, Tenn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · Nashville. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Nashville (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Greenbrier, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1920 · New map of Nashville, Tennessee (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

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Immaculate Mother Academy

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