Portland in Sumner County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Cold Spring School

circa 1857-1933

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 23, 2023

1. Cold Spring School Marker

Inscription. 2.8 miles northeast is the site of Cold Spring School. It was built on land donated in May 1857 by Thomas Baskerville for a school and meetinghouse. Early in the Civil War, it was used by Camp Trousdale as a military hospital. There, in 1866, David Lipscomb organized the Portland Church of Christ. Landowners Jim and Bill McGlothlin gave the schoolhouse to the citizens of Portland for a museum of local history. In September 1975, it was relocated to Richland Park.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3B 49.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1857.

Location. 36° 35.677′ N, 86° 31.704′ W. Marker is in Portland, Tennessee, in Sumner County. It is at the intersection of North Broadway (Tennessee Route 109) and Victor Reiter Parkway, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Portland TN 37148, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American 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,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Zollicoffer's Headquarters (approx. 0.6 miles away); Captain Ellis Harper (approx. 0.9 miles away); Moye Green Boarding House

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); Richland (approx. 1.2 miles away); Portland - Strawberry Capital of Middle Tennessee (approx. 1.2 miles away); Invasion of Kentucky (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Cold Spring School (approx. 1.3 miles away); Historic Cold Springs (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portland.

Photographed by Don Morfe

2. Cold Spring School Marker

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 11, 2020

3. Cold Spring School Marker

Cold Spring School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe

4. Cold Spring School

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 977 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 23, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 2. submitted on September 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 3. submitted on April 12, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 4. submitted on September 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.