Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
One-Room Schoolhouse
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, August 25, 2015
1. One-Room Schoolhouse Marker
Inscription.
One-Room Schoolhouse. . The one-room schoolhouse shows the determination of 19th century settlers to provide their children with a basic education. After a community had a building for classes, its citizens would hire a teacher with money raised by public subscription. Students were grouped according to grades, with girls on one side and boys on the other. All grades studied spelling and the three Rs. Classes would last only the to fifteen minutes each, with two or three recesses per day. Since it was not possible to find an existing period schoolhouse, this one was created from logs which came from a large corncrib located in Southern Rutherford County
The one-room schoolhouse shows the determination of
19th century settlers to provide their children with a basic
education. After a community had a building for classes,
its citizens would hire a teacher with money raised by
public subscription. Students were grouped according to
grades, with girls on one side and boys on the other.
All grades studied spelling and the three Rs. Classes would
last only the to fifteen minutes each, with two or three recesses per day. Since it was not possible to find an existing period schoolhouse, this one was created from logs which came from a large corncrib located in Southern Rutherford County
Location. 35° 50.634′ N, 86° 23.792′ W. Marker is in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in Rutherford County. Marker is on 312 S Front St. This marker is located on the outer wall of the Schoolhouse. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Murfreesboro TN 37129, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2015, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 277 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2015, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.