The “Old City Cemetery” is the oldest historic site in Murfreesboro and encompasses the archaeological remains of the original First Presbyterian Church (1820), its burying ground (1820), and the city’s first public cemetery, opened in 1837. The…

The Rutherford County Courthouse is one of the most historic places in Tennessee. It is one of only six remaining antebellum courthouses in the state. This is the same site on which the original courthouse was built in 1813 (it burned down in 1822).…

Patterson Park Community Center has been a pillar of the Murfreesboro community since its opening in 1979 and expansion about two decades later. Today, the community center has many indoor and outdoor amenities such as mural and meeting rooms, a…

Hilary W. Key was the church's second minister and was born into slavery on December 24th, 1833. He served in the Civil War with Company B of the the United States Colored Troops 30th Infantry Regiment. He enlisted on February 9, 1864 and was…

Although the building ceases to exist, Sunshine Hosiery Mills was a booming hosiery factory once located on S. Church Street. Founded in 1920 by Francis Garant and his father, the mill provided jobs to the community  shortly after World War I.…