The Blount College (original name of UT) building was on Gay Street. In the 1870s Knoxvillians pledged funds to try to have the Central Methodist University located in Knoxville. University Avenue was named by the city, demarking the proposed location of the institution in an effort to further enhance the chances of its establishment, but it did not come into existence.
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