Fall School, Public school building in Nashville, Tennessee, US.
Fall School is a red-brick school building at 1130 8th Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. Built in 1898, it is the oldest public school building still standing in the city, with individual classrooms in place of the earlier study hall layout. It has housed the Church of Scientology & Celebrity Centre Nashville since 2009.
The building was constructed in 1898 and remains the oldest public school structure still standing in Nashville. It earned a listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The school is named after Phillip S. Fall, a Nashville businessman who sat on the Board of Education from 1865 to 1867. Since 2009 the building has housed the Church of Scientology & Celebrity Centre Nashville, which held its grand opening there on April 25, 2009.
The building can be viewed from the exterior and displays its original school architecture from the era. The location is situated in an accessible area of the city.
The building was among the first in Nashville to feature individual classrooms rather than a single large study hall for all students. This approach was relatively new to school design at the time.
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