DuBose Conference Center

DuBose Conference Center or DuBose Church Training Center
DuBose Memorial Church Training School, November 2014.
Location 635 College Street, Monteagle, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°14′29″N 85°49′38″W / 35.24139°N 85.82722°W / 35.24139; -85.82722Coordinates: 35°14′29″N 85°49′38″W / 35.24139°N 85.82722°W / 35.24139; -85.82722
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 was historically an Episcopal Church training and conference center. In 2009 the Conference Center became an independent, nonprofit 501(c)3 and now operates as a camp, conference and retreat center in Middle Tennessee. [2]

The mission of DuBose Conference Center is to "offer hospitality, programming, and sacred space to groups of all faiths and backgrounds for education, creativity, and renewal." [3]

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 other, Soong Ching-ling, became wife of Sun Yat-Sen.[4][5]

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. ↑ "DuBose Conference Center: History". DuBose Conference Center. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "DuBose Conference Center: Mission". DuBose Conference Center. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Southeast Tennessee Tourist Association". Southeast Tourist Tourist Association. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Chitty, Arther and Elizabeth, Sewanee Sampler, 1978, p. 106, ISBN 0-9627687-7-4


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