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

Historic Cold Springs

ca. 1857 - 1933

Cold Spring School Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe

1. Cold Spring School Marker

Inscription. Cold Springs, a rural one room school, was built near cold water springs on the Thomas Baskerville farm, near Mitchellville, Northern Sumner County. During the Civil War the school was a hospital for Confederate troops quartered at Camp Trousdale.

Howard McDowell, former student, mobilized efforts to move and restore the building. Structure donated by Jim & Bill McGlothlin. School moved into Richland Park in September, 1975.

Official agreement signed by City of Portland, McGlothlin families, and Highland Rim Historical Society, November 1, 1975.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1975.

Location. 36° 34.997′ N, 86° 30.522′ W. Marker is in Portland, Tennessee, in Sumner County. It can be reached from the intersection of Portland Boulevard and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 Portland Blvd, 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 walking distance of this marker: Cold Spring School (here, next to this marker); In Memory of Our Brave Men and Women (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); "Freedom: Bought with their lives" (about 300 feet away); In Honor and Remembrance

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(about 300 feet away); a different marker also named In Honor and Remembrance (about 700 feet away); Moye Green Boarding House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Portland - Strawberry Capital of Middle Tennessee (approx. 0.4 miles away); Richland (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portland.

Cold Spring School Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe

2. Cold Spring School Markers

Cold Spring School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe

3. Cold Spring School

Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 927 times since then and 45 times this year. Last updated on May 5, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.