Ward Seminary was founded by Dr. William E. Ward (1829-1887) and Eliza Hudson Ward (1838-1900) six months after the Civil War ended. A year later, William Ward purchased a building located on Eighth Avenue. Enrollment soared to over six hundred students by 1910. It featured collegiate and college preparatory programs as well as a music conservatory. Ward Seminary also maintained departments for students in grades kindergarten through eighth. In 1913, it they merged to become Ward-Belmont School and moved to the campus of Belmont College for Young Women. In 1951, Ward-Belmont School closed. The collegiate program reopened as Belmont University, a private four-year coeducational college, and the high school remained all-female, reopening as Harpeth Hall School serving grades fifth through twelfth. The original building was demolished. The school was regarded as one of the leading schools for young women in the South.
Ward Seminary
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Ward Seminary was founded by Dr. William E. Ward (1829-1887) and Eliza Hudson Ward (1838-1900) six months after the Civil War ended. A year later, William Ward purchased a building located on Eighth Avenue. Enrollment soared to over six hundred students by 1910. It featured collegiate and college preparatory programs as well as a music conservatory. Ward Seminary also maintained departments for students in grades kindergarten through eighth. In 1913, it they merged to become Ward-Belmont School and moved to the campus of Belmont College for Young Women. In 1951, Ward-Belmont School closed. The collegiate program reopened as Belmont University, a private four-year coeducational college, and the high school remained all-female, reopening as Harpeth Hall School serving grades fifth through twelfth. The original building was demolished. The school was regarded as one of the leading schools for young women in the South.