Tennessee High School – Bristol TN

City:
Bristol, TN

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1937

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Bristol’s Tennessee High School was constructed between 1937 and 1939 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The building is an exemplary example of Colonial Revival school architecture.

Source notes

"Tennessee's New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook," by Carroll Van West (pg. 124)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 14, 2015.

Location Info


1112 Edgemont Ave.
Bristol, TN 37620

Coordinates: 36.581678, -82.182140

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