Back around the turn of the last century, around 1900, it was common for employers to provide company housing for workers. In Tennessee, when the three state-operated hospitals for the mentally ill opened, each provided employee housing. When Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial School opened its doors in Nashville, around 1912, it provided housing for many ...
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