The Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences is a

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Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...

. It was opened in 1986 in the former Wyatt Hall building which was used as a high school until 1983. The building was built in 1920–1921 and designed by

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, a Chattanooga architect. Its liberal-arts curriculum is patterned on

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philosophy. The physical building has been a school in several incarnations, and was once attended by

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(as Riverside High School). The building was added to the

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in 1986 as Wyatt Hall. It was designed by architect

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style. It was named for Professor Henry D. Wyatt, founder of the public school system in Chattanooga, a teacher and the first Superintendent of Schools. It was also known as Chattanooga High School. With

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