McPEAK SCHOOL (1890’s-1916), also called FALL CREEK SCHOOL, was on Fall Creek in old District 5 and new District 1. It was one-fourth mile west of Mona Road on a gravel road which intersected Mona Road just north ofCharlton Ford. The land was owned by Ruth McPeak. The name McPeak…
BURNETTS SCHOOL 1851-c 1915 was on Burnett Road which ran south off the Couchville Pike. The schoolhouse was built on land of Lewis Burnett. The name L. Burnett is shown on the 1878 Beers Map. The one-room log building was heated by a fireplace. Teachers included Vera Burnett, Zona Burnett,…
CENTRAL ACADEMY, also called BRICK ACADEMY before 1855-1878 was on one acre of land deeded by Levi Wade on March 31, 1855. The site of the schoolhouse was in old District 7 on a stage coach road. It would be in the present District 6 on Burleson Road, southwest of…
BUCHANAN HIGH SCHOOL 1925-1977 was nine miles southeast of Murfreesboro on the west side of the Manchester Highway. The building was constructed on land which had been part of the estate of Governor John Price Buchanan and was named in his honor. John P. Buchanan and wife signed the deed…
MIDLAND SCHOOL 1949-1962 was built across the road from the old MIDLAND SCHOOL which had at one time been called MIDWAY ACADEMY. On January 6, 1949, Mrs. Laura Cothran sold to the Rutherford County School Commission three acres of land for a new school. The school was a project of…
BRACEY SCHOOL BLACK late 1800’s was located about 1.5 miles north of Midland. It was on the west side of the road on the property of Wright Bracey, a school teacher, preacher, and farmer. The building was a one-room log cabin. The benches were hewn logs, flat on top and…
HICKORY GROVE 1848-before 1912 was located 2.5 miles south of Christiana on the east side of the railroad tracks. The site is indicated on the 1878 Beers Map. A deed registered on September 18, 1848, shows that Erismus C. Lynch gave five acres and water rights for a school and…
HAYNES SCHOOL 1878-1920’s was on Fishingford Road, now Fruit Valley Road, at its intersection with Kingdom Church Road. It was across from King Cemetery and the Kingdom Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which is still used. The site, first in Rutherford County, is now across the county line in Bedford County. On…
GREENWOOD SCHOOL 1871-1914 was on the west corner of the intersection of State Road 99 and Greenwood Road. Greenwood Church and School are on the Beers Map of 1878. The bottom floor of the two-story building was used as a school for the children of the area. The second floor…
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL f 1. 1884-1923 was located on Little Rock Road about three and one-half miles northeast of Eagleville. It was on land owned by James E. Jackson. In the neighborhood ‘as a grocery store, a tiling mill, and rental houses for the ill workers. The two-room building was…