Burritt College Entry Archway 1848 - Spencer, Tennessee

Tennessee's Burritt College was established in 1848 as part of the Restoration Movement. Funds were raised to establish the school from Church of Christ congregations in Van Buren, Warren, and White Counties. Once enough funds were raised, a charter from the Tennessee General Assembly was passed and the College was established. The college was named in honor of social activist Elihu Burritt, a blacksmith who intended that the youth of his community should get the same benefits of education denied to him. By the turn of the century, Burritt College had an enrollment of more the two hundred students. By the nineteen teens, Burritt College began to face enrollment issues. Bigger schools in Cookeville and Murfreesboro offered prospective students a better curriculum as well as more extracurricular activities. Contributing to this decline also, was the fact that the State of Tennessee pulled all their funding from Burritt College and gave the funds to Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (Tennessee Technological University) in Cookeville, and Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. The Van Buren County School Board stepped up for a time, but by 1936 they built a county high school. This was the last gasp for Burritt College, as they permanently closed in 1939. Today only two structures still stand on the once twenty-five acre campus. They include the original entrance to the school which was built in 1848 (seen here in the photo above), and the administration building (seen in the background on the right behind the entry) that was built in 1878. This administration building has been altered significantly over the years including the removal of the third story as well as the removal of the front "tower." These changes have rendered the campus ineligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Image was taken during my trek to photograph all 95 county courthouses across my home state of Tennessee...now revisiting in order that the courthouses were photographed!

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Burritt College Entry Archway

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Camera:	Nikon D5200
Aperture:	f/4.0
Focal Length:	28mm
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Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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