{{Short description|Public, segregated school in Tennessee, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Asia School | native_name = | latin_name = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | seal_image = | seal_size = | seal_alt = | image = Asia-School-tn1.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Asia School | motto = <!-- or | mottoes = --> | motto_translation = | address = 525 Asia Road | location = | region = | city = Asia, Tennessee | state = | province = | county = | postal_code = <!-- or | postal_code = --> | zipcode = | country = | country1 = | coordinates = {{Coord|35.2439711|-86.0924846|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | other_name = | former_name = | schooltype = | fundingtype = | type = Public, segregated | religious_affiliation = | denomination = | patron = | established = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | founded = 1940 | opened = | founder = <!-- or | founders = --> | status = | closed = 1961 | locale = | sister_school = | school_board = | district = | us_nces_district_id = | local_authority = | educational_authority = <!-- or | authority = --> | category = <!-- use | category_label = to override the default label --> | oversight = <!-- use | oversight_label = to override the default label --> | authorizer = | superintendent = | trustee = | specialist = <!-- or | specialists = --> | session = | school_number = | school_code = | MOE = | ofsted = | ceeb = | us_nces_school_id = | president = | chair = <!-- use | chair_label = to override the default label --> | chairman = <!-- use | chairman_label = to override the default label --> | chairperson = <!-- use | chairperson_label = to override the default label --> | dean = | administrator = | rector = | director = | principal = <!-- use | principal_label = to override the default label --> | campus_director = | headmistress = | headmaster = | head_of_school = | head_teacher = | executive_headteacher = | acting_headteacher = | head = <!-- use | head_label = to override the default label --> | officer_in_charge = | chaplain = | staff = | faculty = | teaching_staff = | employees = | key_people = | grades = <!-- use | grades_label = to override the default label --> | years = | years_taught = <!-- use | nursery_years_taught =, | primary_years_taught =, | secondary_years_taught = for additional information --> | gender = <!-- use | gender_label = to override the default label --> | age_range = <!-- or | lower_age = and | upper_age = --> | lower_age = <!-- or | age_range = --> | upper_age = <!-- or | age_range = --> | enrollment = <!-- or | enrolment = --> | enrollment_as_of = <!-- or | enrolment_as_of = --> | sixth_form_students = | grade_preK = | gradeK = | grade1 = | grade2 = | grade3 = | grade4 = | grade5 = | grade6 = | grade7 = | grade8 = | grade9 = | grade10 = | grade11 = | grade12 = | grade13 = | other = <!-- use | other_grade_label = to override the default label --> | other_grade_label_1 = | other_grade_enrollment_1 = | other_grade_label_2 = | other_grade_enrollment_2 = | international_students = | classes = | avg_class_size = | ratio = | system = | classes_offered = | language = | schedule_type = | schedule = | hours_in_day = | classrooms = | campuses = | campus = | campus_size = | area = | campus_type = | houses = | student_union = <!-- use | student_union_label = to override the default label --> | colors = <!-- or | colours = --> | slogan = | song = | fight_song = | athletics = | athletic_conference = | sports = | mascot = | mascot_image = | nickname = | teams = <!-- use | teams_label = to override the default label --> | team_name = | rival = <!-- or | rivals = --> | accreditation = <!-- or | accreditations = --> | USNWR_ranking = | national_ranking = | test_name = | test_average = | decile = | publication = | newspaper = | yearbook = | products = | endowment = | budget = | fees = | annual_tuition = | tuition = | revenue = | communities = | feeder_schools = | feeder_to = | graduates = | graduates_year = | affiliation = <!-- or | affiliations = --> | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | information = <!-- do not enter phone numbers or email addresses --> | website = <!-- {{URL|school.url}} or {{URL|1=school.url}} if the url contains an equals sign --> | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = }}
'''Asia School''' is a former segregated school for African Americans in the Asia community of Franklin County, Tennessee.
For many years, the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church operated a black school on the Asia School site. In 1940, the church transferred the property to Franklin County, which assumed responsibility for the school. The current school building is a concrete-block structure that was completed around 1952. It was operated as a county public school for African-American children until 1961, when the county closed the school and returned the property to the church.<ref name=TNgovpressrelease>{{cite web|url=https://news.tn.gov/node/7622 |title=Eleven Tennessee Sites Added to the National Register of Historic Places |date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715195233/https://news.tn.gov/node/7622 |archivedate=July 15, 2013 }}</ref>
Four years after Asia School closed, Franklin County integrated its public schools. Asia School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 for its significance as an example of a 20th-century African-American school in rural Tennessee.<ref name=TNgovpressrelease/>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111015093515/http://www.tn.gov/environment/hist/pdf/asia_school.pdf NRHP Nomination Form]
Category:Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Tennessee Category:Historically segregated African-American schools in Tennessee Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Category:National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Tennessee
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