Recognize these Seventh Graders from 1987?
October 25, 1987, The Daily News Journal The Daily News Journal had a wonderful section each week featuring the thoughts of local students.
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Depot Hill Water Storage Tank
February 3, 1974, The Daily News Journal How many times have we driven past water tanks without taking notice? The water tank located near McFadden School of Excellence is in an area once known as ‘Depot Hill’. $557,000 for a two-million gallon water tank seemed like a large sum of…
You May Have Been Near “Cemetery, TN” And Did Not Know It!
Holloway High School (Black), 1929-1968
HOLLOWAY HIGH SCHOOL BLACK 1929-1968 was built on the east side of South Highland Street. It was dedicated in December 1929 and was named in honor of E. C. Holloway who worked for the establishment of the school. The school served both city and county students. On April 27, 1929,…
The Female Academy, 1825-1891
The FEMALE ACADEMY 1825-1891 was located on the east side of Depot Street opposite the Methodist Church, presently Maple Street opposite the building of the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation. According to the SOULE COLLEGE historical marker, the FEMALE ACADEMY was organized by Mary and Nancy Banks, teachers. F. N.…
Tommy Martin was ‘Mr. Murfreesboro’ for a reason
September 29, 2020 Jason Reynolds, The Murfreesboro Post Family and friends of the original ‘Mr. Murfreesboro’, Tommy Martin, said they want to make sure members of the community continue to remember his legacy. Martin’s influence in shaping the community in the mid-1900’s was such that the Murfreesboro City Council and…
First Lady Sarah Polk has Deep Roots in Murfreesboro
September 28, 2020, Susan Harber, Local Historian Rutherford County bequeathed an elegant and sophisticated future president’s wife in the emergence of Sarah Childress Polk. She was named for her maternal grandmother Sarah Thompson Whitsitt (1746-1831), who was born in British Colonial America. Sarah served as a respected and fascinating First…
Eagleville Male and Female Academy, 1877-1884
EAGLEVILLE MALE AND FEMALE SCHOOL or ACADEMY 1877-1884, called EAGLEVILLE INSTITUTE on the Beers Map of 1878, was on ‘Pig Alley’ which ran east off the present 41A Highway. It was next to the Baptist Church. The street is now Church Street. On December 24, 1877, Chesley Williams sold one…
Crichlow Grammar School, 1922-1968
CRICHLOW GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1922-1968 was located in Murfreesboro at 400 North Maple Street on the site of the old MURFREESBORO FEMALE ACADEMY and across the street from the present MTEMC building. In 1919, John Charles Mitchell, City School Superintendent, remodeled the old MURFREESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL OR MAPLE STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL,…
Murfreesboro Public School, aka Maple Street Grammar School, 1891-1922
A predecessor of CRICHLOW SCHOOL was MURFREESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1891-1922 which was housed in the old MURFREESBORO FEMALE ACADEMY on Maple Street across from the present MTEMC building. An Act of the Tennessee Legislature in 1891 had given the city the authority to levy a school tax. At that time…