The National Teachers' Normal and Business College Administration Building, at 158 E. Main St. in Henderson, Tennessee, was built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. It was designed by Memphis architect

Hubert T. McGee Hubert Thomas McGee (June 7, 1864 – May 26, 1946), commonly known as Hubert T. McGee, was an American architect based in Memphis, Tennessee. A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He had no formal archite ...

in Renaissance and/or Italianate style. It was a main building of the National Teachers' Normal and Business College, which was incorporated in 1907 as a successor of the West Tennessee Christian College, itself the successor of the Henderson Male and Female Institute. A. G. Freed served as president and N. B. Hardeman served as vice-president; the college was renamed for them in 1919 and eventually became the Freed-Hardeman University in 1990. The entire structure (aka, Old Main) underwent a thorough renovation which was completed in 2019.

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{{National Register of Historic Places Freed–Hardeman University National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Tennessee Italianate architecture in Tennessee Renaissance Revival architecture in Tennessee Buildings and structures completed in 1908