Soule College Historic Marker

By Alissa Kane

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"Organized 1825 as 'The Female Academy' by Misses Mary & Nancy Banks, & teaching rhetoric, philosophy, belles-lettres, painting, needlework & music, it was improved in 1852 & named for Bishop Soule of the ME church South. It closed during the Civil War, when its buildings were damaged. Reopening thereafter, it closed finally in 1916."

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Alissa Kane, “Soule College Historic Marker ,” Murfreesboro Monuments, accessed December 10, 2024, https://murfreesboro-monuments.mtsu.edu/items/show/21.

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Published on Apr 16, 2019. Last updated on Apr 23, 2019.