Bostick Female Academy

United States historic place


Bostick Female Academy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Bostick Female Academy in November 2013.
35°51′10″N 86°39′36″W / 35.85278°N 86.66000°W / 35.85278; -86.66000
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	c. 1892
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	82004070 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 15, 1982

The Bostick Female Academy, also known as Triune School, is a property in Triune, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

At one time Triune had five private schools, including a Porter Female Academy that was destroyed in 1863 in the American Civil War. On the board of the Porter Female Academy was a Dr. Jonathan Bostick, a planter who later bequeathed funds to establish a female academy in Tennessee. This was to replace the Porter Academy. Following delays due to litigation of Bostick's will, the Bostick Female Academy was built and opened in 1892.^[1]^[2]

The school building was designed in a Late Victorian style of architecture. The listing was for an area of 2 acres (0.81 ha) with just one contributing building.^[1]

The building is an L-shaped building built in c.1892.^[3]

The building operated as a private school until about 1900, then as a public school until 1957. Since then it has been used as a private home.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Robert S. Brandt (1995). Touring the Middle Tennessee Backroads. John F. Blair, Publisher. ISBN 978-0-89587-129-9.
^ Shain T. Dennison and Carol C. Elam (October 27, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bostick Female Academy / Triune School". National Park Service. Retrieved March 2, 2017. with eight photos from 1980