[4] In the era of de jure educational segregation in the United States the school separated black students from white ones.

A Victorian mansion in Hermitage was the classroom site for white students.

An alumnus, Ralph Brewer, stated that he did not recall problems that occurred as a result of desegregation.

Alumni of TSB argued for preserving the property after the Nashville Metropolitan government made a proposal to demolish it so it could build the Nashville School of the Arts there.

Historic Nashville Inc. made efforts to help preserve the property.