Athenaeum
Tennessee, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The Athenaeum is a house in Columbia, Tennessee, designed by Adolphus Heiman and completed in 1837. Originally built to serve as the rectory for the Columbia Female Institute and the residence of the school's first president, Reverend Franklin Gillette Smith, the structure exemplifies Moorish Revival architecture while incorporating Gothic elements. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, it represents a notable example of nineteenth-century institutional architecture in Tennessee.
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- Type
- house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Tennessee, United States
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