Cleveland, Tennessee
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Cleveland is the county seat of and the largest city in Bradley County, Tennessee. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee,
Downtown Cleveland from the air
Craigmiles Hall (on the right) in downtown Cleveland
Old Hardwick Woolen Mills factory building in Cleveland, Tennessee
Tall Betsy in Fort Hill Cemetery, 1993
Lee University
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Lee University is a private Christian university in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1918 as the Church of God Bible Training School with twelve students and one teacher, Nora I.
Cleveland, Tennessee
…Fort Hill Cemetery. In 1918, the Church of God, a Christian denomination headquartered in Cleveland, established a Bible school that would develop as Lee University. Cleveland's Chamber of Commerce was established in 1925. On March 21, 1931, the city's form of government was changed from mayor-aldermen to city…
Lee's birthplace was in the Church of God Publishing House
Centenary is the oldest extant building on Lee's campus
Aerial of Lee University's south campus
Lee University's student newspaper, the Lee Clarion, is published during the academic school year.