WINDROW SCHOOL late 1930’s-1940 replaced the 1913 school which was torn down. The Lesters were carpenters for the new school. It had two rooms, one a very large room and the other a “cook” room. There were, in addition, two large cloak rooms. It was ceiled inside and had a…
BURNT HILL SCHOOL BLACK late 1800’s was one mile west of Eagleville and in the woods north of what is now Allisona. It was named BURNT HILL because the grounds had to be burned and cleared. That property in the 8th District was owned by Mr. Chesley Williams, “a wealthy…
MT. MORIAH SCHOOL BLACK -1936 was on the west side of the present Plainview Road between Epps Mill Road and Sledge Road. MT. MORIAH, because of its location, was sometimes referred to as PLAINVIEW BLACK. The school was a one-room frame building for grades 1-8. Teachers included Viola Mack Batts,…
TENNESSEE MANUAL LABOR UNIVERSITY BLACK 1872 was to have been located in District 13 on the old Nashville-Murfreesboro Road. The property was bounded by James M. Tompkins west of the Cemetery, by the river on the north, and by the railroad. On July 9, 1872, N. C. Collier, for consideration…
The SPECIAL SCHOOL COUNTY January 18, 1954-1972, first for Multiple Handicapped Children and then for Educable Mentally Retarded children in the county, was located in the old Linebaugh Library on the north side of East Main Street on the east side of CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. In 1954, state regulations specified…
April 6, 1958, The Daily News Journal “For Pete’s Sake” – Kittrell’s seniors will present “For Pete’s Sake”, a farce in the three acts by Jay Tobias, on Friday evening, April 11, at 7:45. The cast includes Reba Coleman, Brenda Lovvorn, Jimmy Bugg, Billy Boyd, Bobby Shrum, Frieda Travis, Geralline…
MISS WEAVER’S PRIVATE SCHOOL fall 1919-spring 1922 was held in two rooms of her home in the 600 block of Lytle Street. Because the Board of Trustees of TENNESSEE COLLEGE had decided to eliminate the primary grade program in which she had taught, Miss Weaver opened the school for grades…
March 27, 1977, Gene Sloan, The Daily News Journal By Gene Sloan, Rutherford County Archivist Schools in the Midland (Middleton) area in the southwestern section of Rutherford County have records and some remarkably well preserved photographs that cover more than 100 years. There is a record that John D. Smith…
WINDROW SCHOOL originally WINROW SCHOOL 1856 was on Red Hill Road which ran north of Windrow Road about half-way up Windrow Hill. The school was about 300 yards north of Windrow Road and about 50 yards west of Red Hill Road. The road has been slightly changed since the early…
SANDERS SCHOOL District 1, 1917-1919 was located in the Burnett Community near the Rutherford-Wilson County line. The school was near the old 1867 Corinth Church which was built on land given by Yank Tilford on Corinth Road. SANDERS SCHOOL was a one-room building. Rena Elrod and Callie Mai Coleman Lee…