Florence School, 1919-1951

FLORENCE SCHOOL 1919-c1951 was located on the old Nashville Turnpike at its intersection with Florence Road. It opened after the close of LONE OAK SCHOOL farther north on the Turnpike. N.M. Lewis and wife Estelle A. signed a deed for a school in 1919 but did not file the deed…

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Sharpesville School, 1868-c1918

SHARPESVILLE SCHOOL 1868-c 1918, first known as UNION SCHOOL, was on the present Guy James Road which turns north off the Hall’s Hill Road. The school was on the east side of the road and on the 1878 Beers Map it is marked as Union Church and School. On September…

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Fosterville High School, 1928-1953

FOSTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1928-1953 was built on the north side of the Fosterville-U.S. 231 Road. W.E. Smith sold to the County Board of Education, in a deed signed July 12, 1928, a lot for the new school property. The new school replaced the school 1903-1928 across from the railroad depot.…

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Valley View School, 1918-1939

VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL 1918-1939 was on the north side of Valley View Road just east of the intersection of that road and Dunnaway Chapel Road. The school was built to accommodate both the first VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL, frequently called McKEE SCHOOL, and the ROCKDALE SCHOOL. On July 18, 1917, Albert…

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Standridge School, early 1800s-c1900

STANDRIDGE SCHOOL early 1800’s-c 1900 was about .5 mile southwest of the present Cripple Creek Presbyterian Church on the Bradyville Road. The sites of the schoolhouse and the church are still so shown on the 1878 Beers Map. The last school was built two or three hundred feet south of…

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Rucker Hill Elementary School (Black), 1896-1927

RUCKER HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLACK 1896-1927 was built on the old Nashville Highway. It was on John Sneed property on a hill southeast of the present Sam Davis Road and near Rocky Fork Road. There is no longer aroad up to the site of the school. The school was a…

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Loafer’s Rest School, (Kittrell) 1881-1913

LOAFER’S REST SCHOOL 1881-1913 was on the second lot west of Mt. Herman Road and on the south side of Woodbury Highway. The school was first called WALNUT GROVE but the name was changed to LOAFER’S REST when Mr. Jim Anderson gave that name to his store at the suggestion…

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Windrow School, 1913-late 1930s

WINDROW SCHOOL 1913-late 1930’s was also on the old Windrow campground property. On September 6, 1913, Trustees of the M. E. Church, T. 0. Johnson, A. C. Johnson, Gilbert Floyd, Lem Lawrence, Taylor Johnson, A. or S. Vaughn, and in addition J. S. Jarratt, signed a deed to the Rutherford…

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Windrow School, ?-1913

WINDROW SCHOOL -1913 was located on the southeast side of Windrow Road at its intersection with Snail Shell Cave Road. The Windrow family gave the land for a church, a camp meeting ground, and a school. The old T. Winrow estate, the Winrow Church and Camp Ground are shown on…

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Bethel School, 1886-1970

BETHEL SCHOOL -1886 was in District 9, two or three hundred yards southeast of Bethel Church which was established in 1827 by Ebiezer McGowan. It is assumed that McGowan gave the land. The school was on the east side of Sulphur Springs Road in the Bethel community. The Methodist Church…

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