The Grandview Heritage Foundation
2000 - Present
The Grandview Heritage Foundation was organized as a nonprofit corporation in 2000 for the purpose of documenting, preserving and publicly sharing the early history of Piney Falls and Grandview, Tennessee. Its Board of Directors is composed of individuals whose ancestors resided in the community prior to 1925 and/or attended the Grandview Normal Institute. The Foundation has collected and preserved numerous items reflecting early life in and around the Grandview community.
The Foundation has also purchased and/or protected several sites where buildings of historic significance were previously located. Some of the structures once found on these sites include the Shufelt/Starring Mill, two GVNI dormitories (Hoyt Hall & Norris Hall), the GVNI Boys Workshop, the GVNI Principal's Cottage and the home of A.A. Hubbard.
Moving forward, the Foundation will be working toward restoring and converting the home of Harriet Russell Stratton to a gallery featuring her photos, and rebuilding the Shufelt/Starring Mill. Most recently, the Foundation constructed a State Highway 68 turnout featuring two State of Tennessee historic markers - one highlighting the history of the Grand View Normal Institute, and the other recognizing Grandview as the birthplace of Earle Ensign Dickson, inventor of the Band-Aid.
Did You Know?
For the its first twenty years of operations, the Grandview Heritage Foundation was financially supported by private individuals, businesses and other nonprofit corporations. No public dollars were used to fund the Foundation's activities and acquisitions.