Researched and written by Barry Lamb July/August 2022 Froe Chips The fine two-story brick house that once stood at the northwest corner of College and Spring Streets, enumerated 123 East College Street, was for many decades known as the old Wendel family home due to the longevity of its ownership…
May 1, 2022, Researched and written by Barry Lamb “When shall we three meet again?When the hurlyburly’s done,When the battle’s lost and won.Then shall we three meet again.”Sarah Jane Keeble The foregoing doleful, yet poetic sentiments of a wife and mother who missed her beloved husband, David Deaderick Wendel, and…
May 1, 2022, Greg Tucker, Rutherford County Historian The 150-year-old Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro is no longer owned and operated by the City. As of April 1, 2022, the real and personal property of the cemetery transferred to a non-profit corporation. The transfer will not cause any change in personnel…
August 6, 1970, The Rutherford Courier Workmen are shown making repairs on the Jefferson Pike bridge which is undergoing repairs. The bridge developed structural faults following its opening last year (ed. 1969) and has been closed months since was first put into use. Rutherford County Road Superintendent Bill Wilson said…
April, 8, 2022 – Bill Wilson, The Murfreesboro Pulse For more cool information concerning the Benevolent Cemetery, please click on: Black History Month, The Benevolent Cemetery Video Day at the Benevolent Cemetery (South Church Street) Benevolent Cemetery Re-dedication
March 8, Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker Oakhurst, the 140-year-old mansion on Cherry Lane, has qualified for the Rutherford County Property Tax Abatement for Historic Restoration and Preservation. This program, the first of its kind in Tennessee, encourages preservation of historic structures by granting a ten year tax abatement for…
March 11, 2022, Researched and Written by Barry Lamb “The majesty and beauty of this once stately abodeThe story of which has seldom been told.Its image beyond the barrenness of the treesBespeaks of the gay nineties at College and Academy.“ Pleasant Priestly Mason, Murfreesboro’s foremost idealistic enterprising entrepreneur of the…
March 7, 2022, by Local Historian Susan Harber Esquire Alfred Clinton Blackman, namesake for Blackman community, was born in 1790 in Clinton, North Carolina (Sampson County) to James and Elizabeth Cates Blackman. Alfred’s grandparents Stephen and Ann Snell were also from North Carolina. His uncles John and Bennett Blackman migrated…
February 12, 2022, Frank Caperton Carpe Cafe, 115, Front Street in downtown Smyrna, Tennessee is located in a VERY cool building. The following is a brief history – gleaned from the Rutherford Courier and the Daily News Journal.
