Cold Spring School - Portland TN
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Don.Morfe
N 36° 35.677 W 086° 31.704
16S E 542182 N 4050006
Cold Spring School-circa 1857-1933-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.
Waymark Code: WM17EEK
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2023
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TEXT ON THE TENNESSEE HISTORICAL MARKER
Cold Spring School-circa 1857-1933
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.)
Address:
North Broadway (Tennessee Route 109)
Portland , TN United States
21216
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