Murray in Calloway County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Waters Schoolhouse

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 14, 2021

1. Waters Schoolhouse Marker

Inscription. This one - room school building, named for Joseph Spillman Waters (1822-1898), its first teacher, once sat near New Concord. School operated from mid -1800s to 1936. Moved here, it was preserved as a representative of the type of school building that was once common. Renovation started in 1985, completed in 2002.
Presented by Callowey Co. Retired Teachers.

Erected 2003 by Kentucky Historical Society • Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2198.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list.

Location. 36° 37.454′ N, 88° 18.589′ W. Marker is in Murray, Kentucky, in Calloway County. It is on Gil Hopson Drive (County Road 1084) 0.3 miles north of Arcadia Circle, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in Central Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Murray KY 42071, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase.

It is also in the American

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Midwest,

in the South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Courthouse (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ryan Farm Barn (about 800 feet away); Stubblefield Birthplace (approx. 0.7 miles away); Will Linn House (approx. one mile away); First Christian Church (approx. one mile away); Calloway County War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Confederate Memorial (Murray, Kentucky) (approx. one mile away); County Named, 1822 (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Murray.

Also see . . . Waters Schoolhouse. By Katie Crawford-Lackey for ExploreKYHistory, a Kentucky Historical Society series. (Submitted on August 16, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 14, 2021

2. Waters Schoolhouse Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 524 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.