April 12, 2016, The Ransom School House and Museum, Murfreesboro, Tennessee The RCHS hosted a Tea, April 6 honoring MTSU Professor Virginia Donnell for her work creating the reproduction of teacher Eliza Ransom’s attire. Dr. Donnell’s dress will be on permanent display at the Ransom School Museum!
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, April 8, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The Murfreesboro City Council needs more information before it can decide what it wants to do with the old United Methodist Church building downtown, Councilman Bill Shacklett said. Shackett specifically wants to see structural and architectural reports on the building,…
Michelle Willard, Daily News Journal, April, 3, 2016 Many things have changed in the 95 years since Haynes Hardware opened in downtown Murfreesboro. Since the family owned store opened its doors, the city’s population jumped from about 5,000 to more than 120,000. After 68 years, Haynes Hardware moved to Memorial…
Join us at Murfreesboro’s Old Fort Park for a series of ongoing activities and special programs/hikes focusing on the natural and historic resources in our community and celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service. GUIDED PROGRAMS (Meet at Picnic Pavilion #2) 10 AM – Fortress Rosecrans Walk –…
Murfreesboro City Television, April 8, 2016 The City of Murfreesboro is studying the Historic Bottoms area for future development. The City hosted a walking tour with two historians.
Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, March 29, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The Rutherford County Archives will run out of document storage space in two years and needs an expansion to keep up with the growth, officials said. County archivist John Lodl expects a 3,000square-foot expansion onto the back of his department’s…
Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, April 2, 2016 MURFREESBORO — John L. Batey’s 209-year-old family farm eventually could end if city officials decide to extend Veterans Parkway through his property north to Interstate 24. “It would be gone,” the 73-year-old farmer said as he rocked in a chair on the front porch of…
Brian Wilson, Daily News Journal, March 31, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The Tennessee conference of the NAACP is calling for state leaders to denounce the name of Forrest Hall at Middle Tennessee State University and criticized legislation that made it tougher to change the name of the ROTC building. The state…
Michelle Willard, The Daily news Journal, March 29, 2016 MURFREESBORO — The consultants heading the Highland Avenue Cultural Arts District study have to use a different strategy to assess the study area because it includes very different parts of downtown with very different needs, a principal at Ragan-Smith Associates said.…
Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, March 26, 2016 Workshop scheduled to discuss redevelopment MURFREESBORO — The City Council will hold a workshop soon to discuss redevelopment and preservation goals for the former First United Methodist Church in the downtown area. The upcoming meeting about the old church building that dates…