The Forest Hills School in Franklin, Tennessee

Franklin, Tennessee

Franklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 62,487 as of the 2010 census Franklin is located approximately south of downtown Nashville.-History:...

 was built in 1907. Along with Liberty School

Liberty School (Brentwood, Tennessee)

The Liberty School was a one-room schoolhouse in Brentwood, Tennessee that was built in 1900. Along with Forest Hills School and Liberty Hill School, it was one of the three best surviving examples in Williamson County of one room schoolhouses built during 1900-1920...

 and Liberty Hill School

Liberty Hill School (Liberty Hill, Tennessee)

The Liberty Hill School at Liberty Hill, near Fairview, Tennessee, was built c. 1915. Along with Forest Hills School and Liberty School, as of 1988 it was considered one of the three best surviving examples in Williamson County of one room schoolhouses built during 1900-1920...

, it is one of the three best surviving examples in Williamson County

Williamson County, Tennessee

Williamson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010 US Census, the population was 183,182. The County's seat is Franklin, and it is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is named after Hugh Williamson, a...

 of one room schoolhouses built during 1900-1920. While most of these schools have been lost, they once provided the majority of public education in the county.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1988.
The property is denoted WM-670 among Williamson County's historic resources.

External links

• Forest Hills School class picture, c.1922, courtesy Algood Historical Society