CHRISTIANA SCHOOL BLACK 1890-1918 was in Christiana on the north side of the present Miller Street and across from the home of Joe McCrary. The land was given by Martha Miller for as long as it was used for school purposes. Parents of the school children constructed the one-room building.…
MIDLAND SCHOOL 1895-1949 was first called MIDWAY ACADEMY because it was midway between the two schools which it consolidated, GRAVEL HILL and CAMPGROUND. It was located on the south side of the Midland-U.S. 231 Highway east of Midland, then called Middleton, and on the site of the present Baptist Church.…
SALEM SCHOOL before 1898-1932 was on the south side of State Road 99, west of the intersection of the present Armstrong Valley Road. William Rufus Jarratt, b. 1848, gave the land for this school before his son was born in 1898. SALEM SCHOOL was a frame building of two rooms…
MUD FLAT 1890- was on the present Dunnaway Chapel Road just north of the Jefferson Pike. On February 9, 1890, Sion D. Hall and wife Serena deeded one acre of land to School Directors William Lester, HiramLester, and T. E. Alsup. The school property was bordered by Sion D. Hall…
southernrootsandbranches.wordpress.com, by Billy Pittard, July 15, 2018 I grew up feeling that Walterhill, Tennessee was my true home: the place where my roots were deepest. My maternal grandparents Ruth and Blackburn Batey lived at the crossroads of Jefferson Pike and Lebanon Road – which is arguably the heart of Walterhill. …
September 4, 2018, National Register of Historic Places The ‘National Register’ is a phenomenal source of information regarding historic homes. Search their database and you will find 49 properties as of September 1, 2018. The following ‘Register’ entry is dated November 7, 1990: The Walter Hill Hydroelectric Station is located…
FARRIS CHAPEL SCHOOL 1880-c 1914 was held in the Farris Chapel in Barfield next to the Barfield store. It was known simly as the “BRICK CHURCH SCHOOL” at Barfield. John Farris in 1880 built Farris Chapel as a Methodist Church which for a time was used also by the Baptist…
CHRISTIANA HIGH SCHOOL 1931-1971 was built east of the old school, on the south side of Church Street, and across from the Church of Christ. The Rutherford County Board of Education bought four and 1/2 acres from J. G. Sugg and wife, three acres from A. J. Brandon, both parcels…
LASCASSAS HIGH SCHOOL 1927-1972 was erected on the same site as the former building. On July 3, 1953, C. E. Dill deeded one acre beginning at the northwest corner of the LASCASSAS SCHOOL property; on July 11, 1953, John T. Brown and wife deeded to the Rutherford County School Commission…
LASCASSAS ACADEMY 1824-1889 in District 22, formerly 16, was allegedly a private school as early as 1824. It was located about one-fourth mile west of the intersection of the present Old Lascassas Pike and the Jefferson Pike. It was on the south side of the road and was built slightly…