Inscription
In 1878 Montgomery County erected two schools on Franklin Street. One was the "colored elementary school," which opened a year later and taught grades one through eleven until 1922. In that year the county constructed Burt High School on adjacent property. The elementary school, named for educator Bailey Cobb in 1951, was razed in 1977. Three time Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph attended this school, taught there in the 1960's, and later served as track coach at Burt High School.
Details
| HM Number | HM2NF4 |
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| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 20th Century |
| Historical Place | Memorial, School |
| Marker Type | Memorial |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Free Standing |
| Marker Number | 3C 77 |
| Placed By | Tennessee Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 at 7:21pm PST -08:00 |
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| Location Description | Marker is at the intersection of Franklin Street and South 10th Street |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 469031 N 4042856 |
| Decimal Degrees | 36.53058333, -87.34593333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 36° 31.835', W 87° 20.756' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 36° 31' 50.1" N, 87° 20' 45.36" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Can be seen from road? | Yes |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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