Anna Russell Cole Auditorium

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Cole, Anna Russell, Auditorium
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The Anna Russell Cole Auditorium in 2014
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LocationNashville School of the Arts campus, Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°7′56″N86°44′28″W / 36.13222°N 86.74111°W / 36.13222; -86.74111
Arealess than one acre
Built1894 (1894)
Architectural styleRichardson Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 80003788 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 17, 1980

The Anna Russell Cole Auditorium is a historic building on the campus of Nashville School of the Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. It was built in 1894. [2] It was named in honor of Anna Russell Cole, philanthropist and wife of Confederate colonel Edmund William Cole, who founded the Randall Cole Industrial School in 1885. [2] [3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 17, 1980. [4] The building is not used or maintained.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Anna Russell Cole Auditorium". National Park Service. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  3. Tinling, Marion (1986). Women remembered: a guide to landmarks of women's history in the United States. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 259. ISBN   9780313239847. OCLC   12552652.
  4. "Cole, Anna Russell, Auditorium". National Park Service. Retrieved August 23, 2016.