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Soule College, 1851-1917
SOULE COLLEGE 1851-1917 was located on Depot Street to the east of the present MTEMC building on the south side of Maple Street. It was on the site of the old Methodist Church and is shown on the 1878 Beers Map. The college was named for Methodist Bishop Soule of…
Union University, 1848-1873
UNION UNIVERSITY 1848-1873 was organized by Charter February 5, 1842 by the Baptist General Association of Tennessee and the Tennessee Baptist Educational Society and was located first in Somerville, Tennessee. It moved to Murfreesboro in 1848. The campus is shown on the Beers Map of 1878. On December 4, 1847,…
Family reunion? No, it’s Veterans Day for Christiana woman
November 11, 2020 – Jason Reynolds, The Murfreesboro Post A Christiana woman often thanks veterans for their service – and she has known a great many because her family has made serving in the military a tradition. Barbara Jackson keeps mementos of her father’s service and a list of all…
City Cafe Closing after 120 years in Business
November 12, 2020, WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, Tennessee A staple of Murfreesboro is closing its doors after 120-years. The City Cafe will close for good on Saturday. The restaurant is owned by Rollin and Teresa Kellogg. The announcement was made Wednesday on their Facebook page. They say they tried to hang…
Beech Grove School (aka Eagleville School (Black), 1917-1953
BEECH GROVE SCHOOL BLACK before 1917-1953, also known as EAGLEVILLE SCHOOL BLACK, was on the south side of the Allisona Road about one mile from Eagleville. Emmett M. Johnson and wife Odie deeded to the County Board of Education one-fourth acre of land for a school house. The deed was…
Eagleville High School, 1924-1972
EAGLEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1924-1972 is on the same site as the concrete and stucco building which burned in August of 1923. By a deed signed October 28, 1963, W. Melvin Claxton and wife Elizabeth Sullivan sold an additional eight acres of land adjoining the school to the Rutherford County School…
Union University Served as Baptist Institution from 1841-1873
November 2, 2020 The Daily News Journal, Susan Harber Union University was a dynamic and innovative college thriving in Murfreesboro in the mid-19th century. No one could foretell the affliction to come through the fate of the Civil War and World War II. The university began under the direction of…
1926 Campus School
The Homer Pittard Campus School has been the ‘training school’ for future educators from Middle Tennessee State University since 1911. Please click here and enjoy more information concerning the Campus School.
Mary Ellen Vaughn Marking
October 31, 2020 Mary Ellen Vaughn was one tough lady. Born February 24, 1893 near Montgomery, Alabama, Mary Ellen Vaughn moved to Murfreesboro as a young lady to become a force in the local early civil rights movement. From The Murfreesboro Post: “Mary Ellen Vaughn was an entrepreneur and skilled…
Halloween at Ransom School House
Vaughn’s Training School, (Black) 1933-1951
VAUGHN’S TRAINING SCHOOL BLACK 1933-1951 was located in the home of Mary Ellen Vaughn on the east side of South Highland Street in Murfreesboro. The site is now the intersection of Vaughn Street and South Highland Ave. Mary Ellen Vaughn, a graduate of Tuskegee College in Alabama and the holder…
Mary Ellen Vaughn Honored With TN Historical Marker
October 31, 2020, Murfreesboro City TV, Michael Linn White Mary Ellen Vaughn’s legacy is honored with the unveiling of a Tennessee Historical Marker at the site where her home once stood. Vaughn was a journalist, nurse, teacher, and advocate for women and African Americans.
Soldiers and spirits haunt Stones River Battlefield in Murfreesboro
Confederate Reunion, September 25, 1928
Compliments of the Library of Congress Photograph shows group portrait of UCV Tennessee Division veterans wearing badges and uniforms with their wives; Civil War veteran Sergeant Harry Rene Lee of Co. K, 34th Mississippi Infantry Regiment stands at far left.
Robert L. Lewis, left, of Murfreesboro, unloading shells for the Battle of Brest
Compliments of the Library of Congress Shells for the Battle of Brest are unloaded from a freight car on a rail siding by Pfc. Robert L. Lewis, left, of Murfreesboro, Tenn. and Pvt. Mercie Gillmore, right of Holly Hill, S.C. The Battle of Brest occurred August 7 – September 19,…
The Murfreesboro Seminary for Girls, 1886 – 1890
MURFREESBORO SEMINARY 1886-1890 was a school for young ladies and children. It was a private school held in the McFadden home at 502 North Maple Street in Murfreesboro. The Beers Map of 1878 shows that to be the residence of J. C. McFadden. The L-shaped building was a two-story log…
The Murfreesboro Female Seminary, 1835 – ???
MURFREESBOROUGH FEMALE SEMINARY January 1835 – ??? was inMurfreesboro, District 13. It has been written that the school was located at 123 East College Street on the corner where medical offices are today. That site, however, was the home of Robert Wendel who bought the historic house in 1855 from…
The Mooney School for Boys, 1902-1908
The MOONEY SCHOOL FOR BOYS 1902-1908 was located on the south side of East Main Street with buildings west of the present Second Avenue. It was founded by William Dromgoole Mooney who came to Murfreesboro from Franklin where he and Mr. Wall had founded Battle Ground Academy. On June 12,…
Homer Pittard Campus School (Middle Tennessee State Training School, 1911 –
The Campus School was authorized in 1909 by an act of the General Assembly of Tennessee which provided for state normal schools. “Eachschool established . . . shall have connected with it one or more practice and observation schools, in which shall be taught at least all of the subjects…
Woodlawn Academy (Versailles), 1888-1917
WOODLAWN ACADEMY 1888-c 1917 was more commonly known as GARRETTS or GARRETT SCHOOL. It was located two miles south of the Versailles store in Civil District 10, School District 37, and was on the west side of Versailles Road between the intersections of the Leb and Link Roads. Thomas Washington…