Nolensville School

The Nolensville School, also known as Old Nolensville Elementary School, is a former public school in Nolensville, Tennessee, that has for many years served as a community recreation center (the Nolensville Community Recreation Center).

Nolensville School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nolensville School in November 2013.
Location	7248 Nolensville Road, Nolensville, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°57′35″N 86°40′21″W
Area	less than 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1937
Built by	Potts, H.J. and Hughes, Harvell
Architectural style	Rosenwald school
NRHP reference No.	85000686
Added to NRHP	March 20, 2012

The school was built in 1937 using a Rosenwald School plan. It was the "first modern educational building" in Nolensville and is unusual as the only school for whites in Tennessee that was built to a Rosenwald School plan.[1] African American students did not attend the school until it was integrated in 1966.[2]

A gymnasium was added in 1948. The building became a community recreation center in 1972 after a new school was built to replace it.[1][2] In 2009, after the town of Nolensville announced plans to convert the 1972 school into a new recreation center, the Nolensville Historical Society began a campaign to preserve the old Nolensville School for use as a community center.[3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 20, 2012.[3][4]

References

1. Sharon Zieman; Chuck Zieman; Remick Moore; Bob Haines (July 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Nolensville School / Nolensville Recreation Center" (PDF). Tennessee.
2. "History of Nolensville". Town of Nolensville, Tennessee. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
3. "Vision of the Nolensville Historical Society". Nolensville Historical Society. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
4. "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/19/12 through 3/23/12". National Park Service. March 30, 2012.