Buchanan – Rutherford County Tennessee Historical Society

Buchanan High School, 1925-1977

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…

Rutherford College, 1870-1925

RUTHERFORD COLLEGE 1870’s-1925 was located off the present 1-40 Buchanan exit and just south of the truck stop on Epps Mill Road. The school was first on the east side of the road on the farm of A. J. Todd, once the Howland farm where Estes Miles, former governor of…