Title	Nelson Merry
Description	Side and front views of Nelson Merry School in Jefferson County. It is a two-story clapboard building set on rock pillars. The school has a front porch, hip roof, and is set among trees. A tall flagpole stands in the front yard.
Historical note	The Nelson Merry School was built Approximately 1890 through the efforts of the Reverend Peter Guinn, a black Baptist minister. The institution was named for the Reverend Nelson Merry, a pioneer Baptist who preached in Nashville. The school remained a Baptist academy until 1932 when control passed to Jefferson County. Construction of a new building was made possible through the Rosenwald Foundation (the photograph here is of the "old" structure). The school closed its doors in 1965.
Date	1933-1934
Place	Jefferson County (Tenn.)
Collection name	State Board of Education Records, 1815-1958
Subjects - LCSH	Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Subjects - TGM	Schools Educational facilities
Series	Photographs
Accession number	RG 91
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	33334
Digital type	Still Image
Digital format	Image/jp2
Collection finding aid	http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/state-board-education-records-1815-1958
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