The Delbridge Building
The Daily News Journal, December 11, 1959 The Delbridge Building still stands on the corner of West College and North Soring Street(s).
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Historic Fosterville Church of Christ riddled with bullet holes
Larry Flowers, WRKN, August 15, 2017 RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – Rutherford County detectives are on the hunt for the person or persons who sprayed a historic church with bullets. Members found multiple bullet holes and are to trying to figure out who would do this to a church. Please…
A view from the Top (Murfreesboro’s City Center)
Frank Caperton, The Rutherford County Historical Society, August 18, 2012 I was invited and honored to take a tour of the ‘penthouse’ atop Murfreesboro’s City Center. Hard to believe the 16-story City Center was completed in 1988 at a height of (approximately) 180 feet. Erin Edgemon, The Murfreesboro Post, April…
Hammerhead, aka ‘Mike West’, Daily News Journal, May 16, 2004
You never know what you’ll find at the Ransom School House, headquarters of the Rutherford County Historical Society located at 717 North Academy Street…
Murfreesboro Girl Scouts Celebrate 50 Years of Camping at Historic Camp Piedmont
Elizabeth Tullos, The Murfreesboro Post, August 10, 2017 For the 50th anniversary of Camp Piedmont, local Girl Scouts flashed back to 1967 at the annual day camp to learn more about the history of their beloved campsite and organization. Nestled between Murfreesboro and Woodbury off of John Bragg Highway, Camp…
Sewart Air Force Base was Smyrna sensation in war
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, July 31, 2017 Sewart Air Force Base, originally Smyrna Army Airfield, began operations in 1942 as a B-24 training facility. The base ceased operations after World War II in 1947, only to re-activate in 1950 and eventually close in 1970. The namesake for the…
“Bridge Over Broad”
Many thanks to the Middle Tennessee Drone Pilots for sharing these wonderful pics from this weekend’s closure of Old Fort Pkwy. and Broad Street – a 60,000-car-a-day intersection… Please give Middle Tennessee Drone Pilots a ‘like’ at http://www.facebook.com/mtdptn/
Rockvale Historical Society fights to preserve Reconstruction-era store
Mary R. Reeves, The Murfreesboro Post, July 29, 2017 The old white building sits close to the road, its architecture a testament to olden, golden days when farmers gathered for checker games while their wives gossiped about soap operas on the party lines. The doors are locked, the rooms are…
Brownstones, boutique hotel suggested for historic First Methodist property
Mary M. Reeves, The Murfreesboro Post, July 28, 2017 Two developers interested in the block containing Franklin Synergy Bank property on East College presented their proposals to the Murfreesboro City Council in a special meeting Thursday night. Both proposals included mixed use – combining residential with office and retail space…
TrustPoint Hospital CEO saves Battle of Stones River artifacts from bulldozer
Rutherford County Archaeological Society, July 28, 2017 MURFREESBORO — TrustPoint Hospital broke ground on its new addition Tuesday but before the construction started, the hospital asked the Rutherford County Archaeology Society to scan the land for Civil War artifacts. Over two weekends in May, the local nonprofit worked with the…