CEDAR HILL SCHOOL 1880’s-c 1920 was about 12 miles east of Murfreesboro on the Bradyville Road. It was about .25 mile east of Donnell’s Chapel store, up a hill on the north side of the road. In 1890, County Superintendent James P. Nelson said, “We have some of the best…
WILSON HILL SCHOOL f 1. 1860’s-fl. 1878 was on Wilson Hill Road north of the Woodbury Road. It was at the foot of Pilot Knob. On the 1878 Beers Map it is shown as a Baptist Church and school. The school was there whenJoseph David Hall, b. 1854, was a…
VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL, 1902-1918 was northwest of Lascassas. It was on McKee Road, a dead end road running southeast of Jordan Road which in turn runs east of Valley View Road. The school lot adjoined the John Patterson farm and may have been given by the Patterson family. Although the…
CENTRAL ACADEMY 1887-1913 was on the Midland Road about 1/2 mile north of the place where Panther Creek crosses the road. It was on the west side of the present Armstrong Valley Road just after its intersection with the Barfield-Crescent Road. On June 39, 1887, for the sum of fifty…
BARFIELD SCHOOL 1913-1958 was in the 11th District. In October 27, 1913, T. B. Yeargan, Trustee, sold for $1 four acres of land for the school on the Barfield and Crescent Road at the intersection of the road leading east to the Shelbyville Road. The frame building, erected under the…
May 7, 2019, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal Thomas Edison once said, “I never did perfect an invention I did not think of in terms of service to others … I find what the world needs and proceed to invent.” Today, those same words are strongly applicable to our…
JEFFERSON SCHOOL 1888-1930 was in old District 6 on the north side of Jefferson Pike and west of the village and the Florence Road intersection. The school was bound by the Jefferson-Milton Turnpike, by J. W. Lenoir, and by Daniel King. On September 15, 1888, John W. Lenoir, who was…
May 1, 2019, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal Eagleville Baptist Church on 159 Church Street is immersed in rich history of paramount significance. Baptisms, burials, weddings, gospel meetings, and deep friendships were a mainstay for this close-knit house of worship. A Tennessee historical marker is erected on the grounds…
HOLLANDALE SCHOOL 1924-c 1936 was in District 2 in the present Hollandale area of Lavergne. On January 15, 1925, Arnanda McLaughlin, W.N. McLaughlin, and Mrs. G.W. Gooch, Sr., deeded to the Rutherford County Board of Education two acres of land for a common school. It was located on the old…
PORTERFIELD SCHOOL 1888-1939, known at first as PORTERFIELD NORMAL ACADEMY, was erected on land given by a McKnight. J. A. Dement and Amziah McKnight, aided by other men in the community, built the school. It was located on the old Hall’s Hill Pike between Hall’s Hill and Milton and on…