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Image 1 of 1: Nashville’s first public school, Hume School, opened in 1855 and originally employed twelve teachers, serving grades K-12. In 1874, high school classes were moved to Fogg High School built on an adjoining lot. Named for educators Alfred E. Hume (1866-1950) and Francis B. Fogg (1795-1880), the schools merged, and the building opened in 1912. Architects William Ittner (1864-1936) and Robert Sharp designed the five-story Gothic Revival building, which was connected to a tunnel network underneath downtown Nashville. The school features two octagonal castellated towers as well as castellation at the roof parapet, all made of intricately worked stone. In 1942, Hume-Fogg shifted to a technical and vocational school. It continued in this capacity until 1982 when Hume-Fogg was recast as a school for gifted Nashville students, earning the name Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School. The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Nashville’s first public school, Hume School, opened in 1855 and originally employed twelve teachers, serving grades K-12. In 1874, high school classes were moved to Fogg High School built on an adjoining lot. Named for educators Alfred E. Hume (1866-1950) and Francis B. Fogg (1795-1880), the schools merged, and the building opened in 1912. Architects William Ittner (1864-1936) and Robert Sharp designed the five-story Gothic Revival building, which was connected to a tunnel network underneath downtown Nashville. The school features two octagonal castellated towers as well as castellation at the roof parapet, all made of intricately worked stone. In 1942, Hume-Fogg shifted to a technical and vocational school. It continued in this capacity until 1982 when Hume-Fogg was recast as a school for gifted Nashville students, earning the name Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School. The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Nashville’s first public school, Hume School, opened in 1855 and originally employed twelve teachers, serving grades K-12. In 1874, high school classes were moved to Fogg High School built on an adjoining lot. Named for educators Alfred E. Hume (1866-1950) and Francis B. Fogg (1795-1880), the schools merged, and the building opened in 1912. Architects William Ittner (1864-1936) and Robert Sharp designed the five-story Gothic Revival building, which was connected to a tunnel network underneath downtown Nashville. The school features two octagonal castellated towers as well as castellation at the roof parapet, all made of intricately worked stone. In 1942, Hume-Fogg shifted to a technical and vocational school. It continued in this capacity until 1982 when Hume-Fogg was recast as a school for gifted Nashville students, earning the name Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School. The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School

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Nashville’s first public school, Hume School, opened in 1855 and originally employed twelve teachers, serving grades K-12. In 1874, high school classes were moved to Fogg High School built on an adjoining lot. Named for educators Alfred E. Hume (1866-1950) and Francis B. Fogg (1795-1880), the schools merged, and the building opened in 1912. Architects William Ittner (1864-1936) and Robert Sharp designed the five-story Gothic Revival building, which was connected to a tunnel network underneath downtown Nashville. The school features two octagonal castellated towers as well as castellation at the roof parapet, all made of intricately worked stone. In 1942, Hume-Fogg shifted to a technical and vocational school. It continued in this capacity until 1982 when Hume-Fogg was recast as a school for gifted Nashville students, earning the name Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School. The school was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Title Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Mary Ellen Pethel, Staff; 2018
Date 1855; 1912
Address 700 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203
Type Building
Coverage Area 1
Source William B. Ittner, architect; Robert S. Sharp, architect
Contributor Alfred E. Hume; Francis B. Fogg; George Moore and Sons; Oman Stone Company; Dinah Shore; Delbert Mann; Randall Jarrell; Red Grooms; Betty Page; Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools; Metropolitan Board of Public Education
Subject Antebellum; Architecture; Civil Rights; Civil War and Reconstruction; Downtown; Education; New Nashville; National Register of Historic Places
Keywords Buildings, Collegiate Gothic, Gothic Revival, High Schools, Norman Gothic, Public Schools, Schools, Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0