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We'd like to extend a special thanks to the following folks who helped us make this project possible:

We'd like to that our funders USDA Rural Development , Tucker Foundation, Tennessee Department of Tourism Development, the Cracker Barrel Foundation, our sponors, and the numerous other private and public donors that made this Web site and it's promotion possible.

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Alpine Institute

Alpine Institute

Founded by the Virginia minister John Dillard in 1821, Alpine Institute would be burned by both guerrilla fighter in the Civil War and shortly thereafter by the Klu Klux Klan. Years later, in 1880, the school was re-established by the future Tennessee governor, A.H Roberts, and developed into one of Tennessee's most competitive rural schools.

Although the Alpine Institute's main school building is gone, the Alpine Institute is well-maintained and still used for religious services. The school's gymnasium is serves as Alpine's community center, and the manse is still in use as a residence. Other surviving structures include the shop building and a dairy barn. The gymnasium, church, and shop building were all built using the same type of native stone.

The is a very unassuming piece of Tennessee history amidst some of the state's most beautiful scenery.

For More Information

126 Campus Circle
Alpine, TN 38543

Phone: (931) 823-6627
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_Institute

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