SMYRNA FITTING SCHOOL or SMYRNA COLLEGE 1896-1908 was on the present Dudley Street off College Street and near the present Senior Citizens Center. On October 13, 1896, W.B. Jarratt and wife Fannie P. signed a deed to the Board of Directors for Smyrna High School Company, W.K. Patterson, B.B.. Gracy,…
HALLS SCHOOL BLACK -1949 , was in District 7 and then in District 13 on the west side of Gresham Lane, and about three-fourths mile north of the Franklin Road. The school was on land originally bought by Flemmon Hall on December 15, 1877 from the heirs of John Henderson.…
September 12, 2017, The McFadden School of Excellence McFadden School is the first school named for a woman in Rutherford County. In the early 1920s, Miss Elvie McFadden was a servant to the impoverished community of Westvue. Working as a social worker, she dedicated her life to serving needy children…
HALLS SCHOOL 1887-c 1922 was first in District 7 and then in District 13 of Rutherford County. It was on the north west corner of Franklin Road and Gresham Lane. On July 19, 1887, Flemmon Hall and wife Mary C. deeded one-half acre of land for a white school in…
READYVILLE SCHOOL BLACK early 1900’s-1940 was in Cannon County at Readyville near the Rutherford County line. It was on the east side of Porterfield Road about one block north of Tilford’s saw mill and the Woodbury Road. Children from both Cannon and Rutherford Counties attendedthe school. The school, which at…
READYVILLE SCHOOL 1902 or 1903-1919 was located on the east side of Porterfield Road near its intersection with the Woodbury Road. Although in Cannon County, the school was attended also by Rutherford County students. The school was a frame building of three or four rooms with an L-shaped porch. Among…
PRUETT SCHOOL 1874-1928 was on Hoovers Gap Road about two miles north of the Gap. It was on the west side of the road in a sharp curve. In May 1874, Henry and John Pruett gave a gift deed of a parcel of land to School Directors S. J. Cobb,…
HALL’S HILL SCHOOL 1906-1929 was at Hall’s Hill on the south side of the Murfreesboro-Hall’s Hill Road. On September 22, 1906, T. H. Wright and wife Jodie D. and J. R. Stroop and wife Lottie B. signed a deed to school directors of the 53rd School District for two acres…
CRAWFORD SCHOOL BLACK -1900 was built on the Richard Crawford lot on Rocky Hill Road which runs north off Holly Grove Road. The school was a one-room frame building with Novella Crawford and Mrs. Johnnie Scales as teachers. Susie Rucker Rucker, who did some private teaching in the community, may…
CHERRY GROVE SCHOOL 1890-early 1900’s was on “Cemetery Lane” to the south of Asbury Road. On September 13, 1890, J. W. Littler and wife M. C. deeded to SchoolDirectors Z. T. Dismukes, J. E. Stockird, and N. W. Mullins three-fourths acre of land on the Asbury Church Road. The school…