This building on the National Register of Historic Places is now part of the Richard H. Fulton Campus of city government buildings. Before that, the building was the Nashville Children's museum, which became the Cumberland Science Museum (then Adventure Science Center) in 1974. For the remaining history, here is the text of the marker:
The literary building on the campus of the University of Nashville opened in 1854. The structure was designed by Adolphus Heiman, a local architect and stonemason who immigrated to Nashville from Prussia in 1837. The Gothic Revival building used local limestone and served as faculty office space, student housing, and classrooms. The university was both a highly-respected medical college and literary academy from its founding in 1826 to the eve of the Civil War. Because of financial problems, however, after 1855 the school shared the campus with the Western Military Institute.
During the Civil War (1861-1865), the Literary Building was used as both a Confederate and Federal hospital. None of the structures on campus were damaged as a result of war.
The University transitioned to a prep school in 1867 (Montgomery Bell Academy) before eventually the facilities became the home of Peabody Normal School. The campus was closed in 1915 when Peabody moved to their present site near Vanderbilt University. Today, only the Literary Building remains and serves as offices for Metro Nashville government.
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