Freedman's Institute
A three-story brick building was erected 1872-74 on this site to train blacks as teachers. Institute was begun in 1867, in a log house ½ mile north, and later moved into a new building, financed mainly by friends. By 1879, it had trained 80 teachers. After closing in 1901, it served as a place of quarantine for smallpox victims. as Maryville Polytechnic (1904-26) and as Maryville High School (1927 – 38).
Marker is at the intersection of South Cedar Street and West Broadway Avenue (U.S. 411), on the right when traveling north on South Cedar Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
