What's Out There Weekend (WOTW) in Nashville, Part 3 - Sunday, April 14, 2019

Continued from Part 2...This is the second day of our "What's Out There Weekend" tours put on by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (tclf.org).

On Sunday, April 14, we drove to Tennessee State University to meet our guide. We weren't quite sure where to park and ended up in an employee parking lot. Our guide said since it was a weekend, we didn't need to worry about it. The parking pass for the tour was in our windshield, so we were good to go.

The tour group assembled at the base of the Air Force Jet in front of the U.S. Air Force jet. The focus of this tour was not only landscaping. Founded in 1912, it is the largest and only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee and is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

Starting on our tour.

Our first stop was a historical marker about Lt. William McBryar, a Buffalo Soldier assigned to the frontier in 1887 and awarded the Medal of Honor in 1890. He went on to live his life and in 1934 graduated (at the age of 73!) from Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial College (this university's former name).

The large institutional buildings are in a grid pattern and campus is divided into four quadrangles. Some of the buildings are art deco.

Health, Physical Education
and Recreation Building.

McWherter Administration Building.

Entrance to campus through
McWherter Administration Building portico.

McWherter Administration Building.

Formerly the College of Education building.

Performing Arts Center.

The campus is spacious and has a number of different architectural styles. But what Tennessee State University is famous for is its rich Olympic tradition. Many Olympic athletes hailed from this school. There is a beautiful monument commemorating all the Olympic athletes who trained here. Bob w.as super impressed by the athletes

A monument to TSU's Olympians.

In honor of Coach Ed Temple.

Hale Stadium

Hale Stadium.

We finished our tour at Hale Stadium and walked along the track where Olympians trained. We thanked our guide, hustled back to our car, and headed out. 

This afternoon, I am going to Cheekwood Estate and Bob is going to watch the Portland Trailblazers on TV in a sports bar. He will pick me up when I am done with the estate tour.