DuBose Conference Center

DuBose Conference Center or DuBose Church Training Center
Location: Fairmont and College Sts., Monteagle, Tennessee
Area: 1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built: 1924
Architect: Multiple
Architectural style: Mission/Spanish Revival
Governing body: Private
MPS: Grundy County MRA (AD)
NRHP Reference#: 80003802[1]
Added to NRHP: November 25, 1980

The DuBose Conference Center, formally known as the DuBose Memorial Church Training School, is a historic site at Fairmont and College Streets in Monteagle, Tennessee. It is an Episcopal Church training and conference center.[2]

History

The site was originally established as the Fairmount College in 1872 and included among its students the Soong Sisters, one of the who later became Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the another, Soong Ching-ling, became wife of Sun Yat-Sen.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ http://www.duboseconf.org/history Retrieved 2011-05-31
  3. ^ "Southeast Tennessee Tourist Association". Southeast Tourist Tourist Association. http://www.southeasttennessee.com/www/docs/665.2722/church-training-school-in-monteagle-tennessee.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2011. 
  4. ^ Chitty, Arther and Elizabeth, Sewanee Sampler, 1978, p. 106, ISBN 0-9627687-7-4
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