Murray School (Bradyville), 1920-1952

MURRAY SCHOOL c1920-1952 was on the north side of the Bradyville Pike at the intersection of the Murray-Kittrell Road. On January 22, 1921, the Rutherford County Board of Education signed a deed for 4.5 acres of land at $100-per-acre from J. W. McCrary and wife Sallie, L. L. McCrary and…

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Gravel Hill School, 1870s-1895

GRAVEL HILL 1870’s-1895 was between Rock Spring and Midland on Midland Dirt Road, the old stage route from Murfreesboro to Shelbyville. It joined the Will Holden place in the 14th District and was about 1/2 mile north of Midland on the east side of the road. The name W. N.…

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Rosenwald Schools

October 16, 2008 Rosenwald Schools “Between 1912 and 1932, the Rosenwald school building program constructed over five thousand new learning environments for African American school children in fifteen southern states, including fourteen in Rutherford County.  The program was funded by Sears, Roebuck and Company president Julius Rosenwald and Booker T.…

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Restoration is under way on 1800s-era schoolhouse

Doug Davis, The Tennessean, July 4, 2008 Adjoining log home is part of the project An 1800s brink home that once housed the Eliza Ransom Private School is, after years of neglect, undergoing a restoration. “It’s coming along, yes siree”, said a jubilant C.B. Arnette, who has been spearheading the…

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