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Belview School

Coordinates: 36°36′45″N 85°59′17″W / 36.61250°N 85.98806°W / 36.61250; -85.98806 (Belview School)
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Belview School
The building in 2010. Windows are boarded over.
Belview School is located in Tennessee
Belview School
Nearest cityUnderwood, Tennessee
Coordinates36°36′45″N 85°59′17″W / 36.61250°N 85.98806°W / 36.61250; -85.98806 (Belview School)
Arealess than one acre
Built1936 (1936)
Built byLeo Butrum
Architectural styleT-plan School
MPSEducation Related Properties of Macon County MPS
NRHP reference No.07000189[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 2007

The Belview School is a historic building in Macon County, Tennessee, United States.

The school was built by Leo Butrum in 1936, and the first teacher was Lewis Bandy.[2] It was named for Mr Belview, a teacher from Kentucky who taught at the original Belview School on Puncheon Creek Road in the 1890s.[2] The school closed down circa 1959, and it was later used as a community meeting place.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 21, 2007.[1]

It was built to a standard plan for a two-teacher rural schoolhouse.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Brian Beadles (November 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Belview School / Underwood School". National Park Service. Retrieved August 20, 2019. With accompanying pictures