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The Grandview Heritage Foundation is an educational nonprofit preserving and providing public access to all things relating to the history of the Grand View Normal Institute and the surrounding community of Grandview, Tennessee. To learn more, take the...
The Grandview History Center
The Grandview History Center is home to the Grand View Normal Institute Memorial Library and Archive. Operated by the Foundation, the Center publicly displays and makes available documents, photos and artifacts relating to the school's history and the history of the Grandview Community. The Foundation has on file over 2000 photographs pre-dating 1920, and houses collections pertaining to the Grand View Normal Institute (GVNI), the American Missionary Association and the Christian Endeavor Society. It is also the archive for researching early families who settled in and around the Grandview area. The Center is open Thursdays and Saturdays, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Appointments for other times can be scheduled by calling 916-710-1747.
PLEASE NOTE
Unless indicated otherwise, images and documents posted on this web site are either the exclusive property of the Grandview Heritage Foundation or a private party. Any downloading and/or transmitting of these items for promotional or commercial purposes without written permission from the Foundation is prohibited.
From the Foundation's Collection
Early Residents 1
Early Residents 1
Early Residents 1
Piney Falls/Grandview residents 1870-1930.
Early Residents 2
Early Residents 1
Early Residents 1
Piney Falls/Grandview residents 1870-1930.
Early Residents 3
Early Residents 1
Early Residents 3
Piney Falls/Grandview residents 1870-1930.
Exploring Nature
Forgotten Places
Forgotten Places
Day-trips into the surrounding, nature-rich area.
Upper and Lower Piney Falls
Upper and Lower Piney Falls
Upper and Lower Piney Falls
The Piney Falls State Natural Area adjacent to the Grandview community has been preserved by the State of Tennessee.
Paper Ephemera
Upper and Lower Piney Falls
Upper and Lower Piney Falls
Selected paper items pertaining to the Grandview community and its surrounding area.
The Blue and the Gray
Upper and Lower Piney Falls
The Blue and the Gray
Veterans of the Civil War who lay at rest in Grandview-area cemeteries.
Grand View Normal Institute 1884-1921
Student-Teacher List
Student-Teacher List
Student-Teacher List
An alphabetical listing of students and teachers who attended and taught at the Institute.
School Buildings
School Buildings
School Buildings
A chronological description of the Institute's school buildings.
Student Organizations
Student Organizations
Student Organizations
Christian Endeavor Society, YMCA & YWCA.
Baseball Teams
Student Organizations
Groups of Students 1894-1911
America's favorite pastime was an ongoing activity at the Institute.
Alumni Reunions
Alumni Reunions
Alumni Reunions
A collection of photos and newspaper clippings documenting annual meetings of the Institute's Student Body Organization.
Paper Ephemera
Alumni Reunions
Alumni Reunions
Selected items from the Foundation's document collection specific to the Institute.
Post Cards
Alumni Reunions
Post Cards
Commercially produced post cards from the Foundation's document collection featuring the Institute's campus buildings.
Grand View Normal Institute Memorial Library
Like all schools operated by the American Missionary Association (AMA), the Grand View Normal Institute (GVNI) maintained a library supporting the education of its students. Books and magazines were obtained as either discards from public libraries, or as donations from private individuals.
Established in 1884, the GVNI library collection has survived to the present day. Containing over 5200 volumes, the collection is housed at the Grandview History Center and maintained by the Grandview Heritage Foundation. Books range from 100 to 200 years in age, and include 19th century first editions, large travel folios, limited editions devoted to religious studies and temperance, numerous history and reference sets, and an extensive collection of young peoples' fiction.
Notable Persons in Grandview's History
Eastland Leander Stratton
Harriet Russell Stratton
Harriet Russell Stratton
Under Construction.
Harriet Russell Stratton
Harriet Russell Stratton
Harriet Russell Stratton
Under Construction
Lt. Charles Jewett
Harriet Russell Stratton
Abijah Adam Hubbard
Under Construction
Abijah Adam Hubbard
Charles Pope Yeatman
Abijah Adam Hubbard
Under Construction
Martin Luther Abbott
Charles Pope Yeatman
Charles Pope Yeatman
Under Construction
Charles Pope Yeatman
Charles Pope Yeatman
Charles Pope Yeatman
Under Construction
Rev. John Silsby
Rev. John Silsby
Rev. John Silsby
Under Construction
Rev. David Wilson
Rev. John Silsby
Rev. David Wilson
Under Construction
Anna (Larned) Hancock
Rev. Enoch Pomeroy Searle
Louis Marsh Starring
Under Construction
Louis Marsh Starring
Rev. Enoch Pomeroy Searle
Louis Marsh Starring
Under Construction
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Post
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Post
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Post
Under Construction.
Mrs. Frank Lee
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Post
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Post
Under Constrution
William Hilleary
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Post
William Hilleary
Under Construction.
Lee Gentry
Virgil Hughlen Hinch
William Hilleary
Under Construction.
Virgil Hughlen Hinch
Virgil Hughlen Hinch
Virgil Hughlen Hinch
Under Construction.
Emma McClelland
Virgil Hughlen Hinch
Virgil Hughlen Hinch
Under Construction.
Dr. Mildred Campbell
James Melvin Reinhardt
James Melvin Reinhardt
Under Construction.
James Melvin Reinhardt
James Melvin Reinhardt
James Melvin Reinhardt
Under Construction.
Robert Walter Kemmer
James Melvin Reinhardt
Judge Shirley P. Dannel
Under Construction
Judge Shirley P. Dannel
Judge Shirley P. Dannel
Judge Shirley P. Dannel
Under Construction
Moving Forward - The Ten Year Plan
Expanding the History Center
The Foundation Has in its collection many items of historic importance to the Grandview community which it is unable to display due to a lack of space. An existing building at the History Center site will be remodeled into a modern museum to obtain additional space.
Relocating and Refurbishing Cactus Cottage
Home of Harriet Russell Stratton built in 1895. It is reflective of the cottage-style architecture common at the time of its construction. It will be moved to the History Center site and become a gallery of Ms. Stratton's period photographs taken in the Grandview area.
Reconstructing the Hilleary Cottage
Victorian cottage constructed in 1905 near GNVI Campus by Henry C. Hilleary for his family. Dismantled and preserved by the Foundation in 2004, its planned reconstruction at the History Center site will allow for displaying period furniture and textiles.
Reconstructing the Shufeldt-Starring Mill
Built in 1871, it was one of the very first structures built in the Piney Falls (Grandview) Community. Of a unique design, it was used to grind corn and saw lumber using a single turning shaft. A duplicate of the mill will be reconstructed on its original site.
SouthEast Bank
Spring City Cable
Vaughn Funeral Home
SSM Industries Inc.
