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Acklen HallEntry/Object ID
2014.320Description
The center of the Ward-Belmont Campus is celebrated Acklen Hall, famous old ante-bellum estate known as "Belmont." Acklen Hall was built in the 1840's and is today preserved in all its original beauty.Context
In 1913, Ward Seminary merged with Belmont College for Young Women and formed the Ward-Belmont School, a high school and junior college for women. In the spring of 1951, Ward-Belmont closed, and local community leaders organized to ensure that college preparatory, all-girls education continued in Nashville. This group purchased Estes Estate in Green Hills and renamed the school Harpeth Hall, inspired by the nearby Harpeth River Valley. On Sept. 17, 1951, Harpeth Hall's campus opened with its two school buildings — Souby Hall and what is now the Senior House — 161 students in grades 9-12, most of whom transferred from Ward-Belmont. (Harpeth Hall School, History and Archives, https://www.harpethhall.org/about/history-and-archives)Collection
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Ward-Belmont, Acklen Hall, Ward-Belmont School (1913-1951), Ward-Belmont campus