St. Cecilia Academy


St. Cecilia Academy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The St. Cecilia Academy in 2010
Location	8th Avenue and Clay Street, Nashville, Tennessee
Area	20.8 acres (8.4 ha)
Built	1862 (1862)
NRHP Reference #	76001772^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976

St. Cecilia Academy is a historic religious building in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S..

History

The building was built on a mansion designed in the Greek Revival architectural style for John F. Erwin and his wife Lavinia Robertson Erwin.^[2] ^[2] By 1903, three more houses were joined together to become home to the first Roman Catholic school in the state of Tennessee.^[2] It is now home to the convent for the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia.^[2]

The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 12, 1976.^[3]

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 4 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: St. Cecilia Academy". National Park Service. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
↑ "St. Cecilia Academy". National Park Service. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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