DuBose Conference Center

DuBose Conference Center or DuBose Church Training Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
DuBose Memorial Church Training School, November 2014.
Location	Fairmont and College Sts., Monteagle, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°14′29″N 85°49′38″W / 35.24139°N 85.82722°WCoordinates: 35°14′29″N 85°49′38″W / 35.24139°N 85.82722°W
Area	1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built	1924
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Revival
MPS	Grundy County MRA (AD)
NRHP Reference #	80003802[1]
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1980

The DuBose Conference Center, formally known as the DuBose Memorial Church Training School, is a historic site at Fairmont and College Streets in Monteagle, Tennessee. It is an Episcopal Church training and conference center.^[2]

History

The site was originally established as the Fairmount College in 1872 and included among its students the Soong Sisters, one of whom later became Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the another, Soong Ching-ling, became wife of Sun Yat-Sen.^[3][4]

It was built in 1924 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. http://www.duboseconf.org/history Retrieved 2011-05-31
3. "Southeast Tennessee Tourist Association". Southeast Tourist Tourist Association. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
4. Chitty, Arther and Elizabeth, Sewanee Sampler, 1978, p. 106, ISBN 0-9627687-7-4