Tusculum University is the oldest college in Tennessee (founded 1794) and one of the oldest in the United States, featuring a campus that blends Federal-period historic structures with modern academic facilities. The Doak House Museum, home of the university's co-founder Samuel Doak, preserves one of the earliest intellectual centers of the southern frontier. The McCormick Museum on campus houses one of the region's notable collections of regional art and historical artifacts. Walking the campus is a journey through Appalachian educational history spanning two and a half centuries.