‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with Eddie Smotherman
May 16, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features Murfreesboro City Council member Eddie Smotherman. Filmed May 16, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Morning at Ransom School House
June 10, 2020 Rutherford County Historical Society volunteer and photographer Frank Caperton stopped by the venerable and loved Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, early one October morning in 2018.
76 YEARS LATER: A SOUTHERN BOY’S D-DAY SURVIVAL STORY
June 6, 2020, Megan Cole, MTSU Sidelines Boom. The explosion from the detonated underwater mine blew a hole in the ship and split it in two. The LST-523, a 328-foot-long, brand-new American ship that was less than a year old, began to immediately sink. On top of the deck, four…
Squirrel Hill School, (Black) 1910-1944
SQUIRREL HILL SCHOOL BLACK 1910’s-1944 was on the west side of the Hall’s Hill-Kittrell Road and about one mile south of the Hall’s Hill store. Land for the school, which was also called HALL’S HILL BLACK, was givenby Jim T. Richardson. The schoolhouse was a one-room frame building with one…
Murfreesboro Bank & Trust Open House
December 4, 1957, The Daily News Journal Murfreesboro Bank & Trust was once located on the northwest corner of the historic Rutherford County Square, also known as the former Rutherford County Clerks Office. The following is from The Daily News Journal, December 4, 1957:
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with John Jake Verge
May 16, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features lifelong Rutherford County resident John Jake Verge. Filmed May 16, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro,…
19th Century Opera House Prevailed as Sensation in Murfreesboro
June 1, 2020, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal By the end of the Civil War, popular entertainment was paramount in our country, and small towns built their own Opera Houses during the new prosperity. Rarely were there bona fide operas in these early venues. The concept of this leisure…
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with Pettus Read
May 16, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features Rutherford County Commissioner Pettus Read Filmed May 16, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Second Historic Property Gets Tax Abatement
The Rutherford County Historic Property Review Board has recently approved the tax abatement application for the historic home of Alan and Beth Morris at 406 North Academy Street in Murfreesboro. The antebellum (1857) original structure is now undergoing extensive renovation and addition. Identified as the H. B. Crockett home on…
Marymont Photo Day
May 29, 2020 RCHS Volunteers Frank Caperton and Brett Garner For a wonderful article regarding Marymont Mansion, please click here. RCHS volunteers Frank Caperton and Brett Garner stopped by the Marymont Mansion on Rucker Lane, just west of Murfreesboro and got a few pics…
Glorianna School, 1900-1941
GLORIANNA SCHOOL 1900-1941 was on the Wilson side of the Rutherford-Wilson County line with the playground on the Rutherford side. It was on the north side of the Oregon Road and three miles east of the Cainesville Pike. The GLORIANNA SCHOOL took the place of the OREGON SCHOOL. E. S.…
Eagleville School, 1884-1890
THE EAGLEVILLE SCHOOL 1884-1890, commonly called the SAVAGE SCHOOL, was first located in the old MALE AND FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL building on the right of the Baptist Church. The school building and church are shown on the Beers Map of 1878. School was started on the second Monday in January,…
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with Marty Luffman & Mr. Murfreesboro
May 23, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features Bill ‘Mr. Murfreesboro’ Wilson and Smyrna, Tennessee historian Marty Luffman. Filmed May 23, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North…
‘Why we love OUR Local History’, RCHS Interview with RCHS President Walter White
May 23, 2020, The Ransom School House The Rutherford County Historical Society presents the ‘Why we love OUR Local History’ series. This episode features RCHS President Walter White. Filmed May 23, 2020 on the front porch of the historic Ransom School House, 717 North Academy Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Bethel School (Black), 1900-1967
BETHEL SCHOOL BLACK 1900-1967 a Rosenwald school, was first located on land which joined Little Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Holly Grove Road. The land was donated to Rutherford County by the United Sons of Relief Lodge. BETHEL SCHOOL was preceded by CRAWFORD SCHOOL in the area. The second location…
Mud Flat School, 18??-?
MUD FLAT was a one-room, one-teacher school on Swamp Road. Julia Rooker was a teacher and John Riley Singleton, b. Nov. 15, 1870, was a student. He studied the ‘McGuffy Reader’ and the ‘Blue Back Spellers’. MUD FLAT may have been another name for COLEMAN SCHOOL but no verification can…
Rutherford County Courthouse
Condensed from “Annals of Rutherford County., Volume I” by John Spence In 1991, the Rutherford County Historical Society published three books developed from the various diaries of lifelong Murfreesboro resident John Cedric Spence. The reader will notice errors in spelling and sentence structure. However, the Rutherford County Historical Society felt…
This House became a Hotel
May 11, 2020, May/June Froe Chips, Researched by Debbie Lillard and Barry Lamb and written by Barry Lamb The house was decorated with holly and winter berries…the lights from lamps and candles flashed on the uniforms and the trappings of the officers, and were reflected in the bright eyes of the pretty…
North Maney Avenue Home First to Qualify for Tax Abatement
May 8, 2020, Greg Tucker, Rutherford County Historian Congratulations to RCHS Secretary Bonnie Black! Her home at 513 North Maney Avenue, Murfreesboro, is the first historic property approved under the new Rutherford County Historic Properties Tax Abatement program. The Maney Avenue home, known as the Fulghum-Nuell House, is in one…
Murfreesboro Mayors
May 8, 2020, A Series by Barry Lamb Murfree, Dr. James Brickell was born in Murfreesboro on September 16, 1835. He graduated from Union University in 1854 and was soon after engaged in mercantile pursuits in Murfreesboro. He left Murfreesboro for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1857 to attend Jefferson Medical College…