Tennessee School for the Deaf

The main campus is located in Knoxville, Tennessee within the historic Island Home Park neighborhood.

General John Alexander Cocke introduced legislation establishing Tennessee School for the Deaf that was passed by the House on January 29, 1844.

The schoolhouse was first moved a few years after its founding to a larger tract of land near Broadway and Summit Hill Drive.

After brief closure due to civil war, Tennessee Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb relocated to current location at Island Home and renamed itself.

When a child can sit up, he or she can enroll at TSD in the Toddler Learning Class at either the Knoxville or Nashville campus.

TSD's residential program offers extracurricular activities, peer interaction, student growth and development, achievement, and more.

Old City Hall in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. This building was constructed in 1840s for the Tennessee School for the Deaf, which occupied it until it moved to its Island Home campus. The building then served as Knoxville City Hall until 1980. It currently houses a law school for Lincoln Memorial University.