VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL 1918-1939 was on the north side of Valley View Road just east of the intersection of that road and Dunnaway Chapel Road. The school was built to accommodate both the first VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL, frequently called McKEE SCHOOL, and the ROCKDALE SCHOOL. On July 18, 1917, Albert…
LOAFER’S REST SCHOOL 1881-1913 was on the second lot west of Mt. Herman Road and on the south side of Woodbury Highway. The school was first called WALNUT GROVE but the name was changed to LOAFER’S REST when Mr. Jim Anderson gave that name to his store at the suggestion…
BETHEL SCHOOL -1886 was in District 9, two or three hundred yards southeast of Bethel Church which was established in 1827 by Ebiezer McGowan. It is assumed that McGowan gave the land. The school was on the east side of Sulphur Springs Road in the Bethel community. The Methodist Church…
TWELVE CORNERS SCHOOL 1860’s-1937 was located at the intersection of the Twelve Corners Road and the Bradley Creek Road. The church, called Bradley’s Creek Church, the graveyard, and later the school occupied thethree corners of the intersection. The church is on the 1878 Beers Map. During the Civil War, the…
FLORENCE HILL ACADEMY 1887-1903 was located one mile south of Fosterville on the east side of the Bell Buckle road. Gran Gilmore and wife sold two acres of their land and signed a deed for the school on September 30, 1887. Trustees were F. B. Williams, P. R. Miller, J.…
BLACKMAN SCHOOL 1913-1939 was on the west side of Blackman Road, just north of the Baker Road intersection. On December 6, 1913, J. C. Batey and wife Mary A. deeded two acres to the Rutherford County Board of Education. The school was a frame building, weatherboarded and painted white, with…
November 1, 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 November 1, 2018. The following ‘Register’ entry is dated February 27, 1995: The Allen Chapel A.M.E. stands immediately east…
(Published October 28, 2018) The Daily News Journal, September 20, 1935 (Ed. note: Miss Eliza Ransom and sister Belle Ransom operated the Ransom School at 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, for more than 40 years. Today, the RCHS is honored to care and use the old Ransom School House as…
City of Murfreesboro, October 18, 2018 The Murfreesboro City Council voted Thursday (Oct. 18) to approve a purchase and sale agreement with developer One East College, LLC for redevelopment of the City block known as the former First United Methodist Church location. The 2.48-acre City block bounded by Church, Lytle,…
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.…