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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.027_001.002
Description
Built in 1858 as a ladies' finishing college, State Female College at 908 E. McLemore, was also used to billet Union soldiers during the Civil War. The college closed in 1870 during the Yellow Fever epidemic and later became a 12 unit apartment house. It was condemned in 1956 and demolished in 1957.
Date Created
7-7-2021
Date
1957 July 12
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"State Female College, Memphis, TN, 1957" (2021). Memphis. 115.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/115
Keywords
College--Tennessee--Memphis.
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