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Harriman City Hall

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American Temperance University opened in 1893 in the planned town of Harriman, Tennessee, which was developed as a community with no alcoholic beverages permitted. In its second year of operation the institution enrolled 345 students from 20 states. However, it closed in 1908. Those who attended included two students who later became members of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Jennings, Jr.John Jennings, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress and James Willis Taylor. Read more on Wikipedia

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