Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, August 13, 2018 And the Scripture says “Upon this rock will I build my church.” How true these words ring out inside Rock Springs Church of Christ, the oldest congregation in Rutherford County. Organized as a Baptist church on July 2, 1804, the congregation…
CHRISTIANA HIGH SCHOOL 1931-1971 was built east of the old school, on the south side of Church Street, and across from the Church of Christ. The Rutherford County Board of Education bought four and 1/2 acres from J. G. Sugg and wife, three acres from A. J. Brandon, both parcels…
LASCASSAS HIGH SCHOOL 1927-1972 was erected on the same site as the former building. On July 3, 1953, C. E. Dill deeded one acre beginning at the northwest corner of the LASCASSAS SCHOOL property; on July 11, 1953, John T. Brown and wife deeded to the Rutherford County School Commission…
LASCASSAS ACADEMY 1824-1889 in District 22, formerly 16, was allegedly a private school as early as 1824. It was located about one-fourth mile west of the intersection of the present Old Lascassas Pike and the Jefferson Pike. It was on the south side of the road and was built slightly…
DRY FORK about 1866 was near Dry Fork Creek, about400 yards east of new Fosterville, and just south and east ofthe Church of Christ. It was on the east side of the presentBell Buckle Road. The site is shown on the 1878 Beers Map.Teachers known to have taught here were…
SCIENCE HILL ACADEMY OF LEARNING c1870-1887, used both as a school and as a church, was built on a hill on Franklin Hall’s farm on the north side of the Woodbury Road. The building replaced a log church which had been located farther from the stage road and had burned.…
CLARK’S SCHOOL, 1896-1931, sometimes called SHORT CREEK SCHOOL, was located on Short Creek Road which turns east off the Christiana-Bell Buckle Road and crossed a ford over the Short Creek. About two or three hundred yards across the ford and on the north side of the road was the first…
Steve Lane of Cedar Barrens Homes interviews RCHS President Frank Caperton, June 7, 2018 Cedar Barrens Homes is remodeling the home located at 422 North Academy, the intersection of Academy and Bell Streets in Murfreesboro. The home resembles the Ransom School House.
MEDLING SCHOOL 1894-c1900 was on the west side of North Milton Road which runs north off State Road 96. The school was just north of the intersection of North Milton Road and Givens Road. Students from both Rutherford and Wilson Counties attended the school. The schoolhouse was a one-teacher, one-room,…
BURKS HOLLOW SCHOOL 1847-1945 or 1946 was located on Burks Hollow Road about two miles southwest of Donnell’s Chapel on the Bradyville Road. It was in the junction of Rutherford, Cannon, and Bedford Counties. On October 29, 1847, John W. Hutton deeded one acre of land to Common School Commissioners…