School Information > School History
In 1894, James P. Allison gave a tract of land for a Presbyterian Church, and an adjoining tract of land for a boy's school. In 1858, Dr. Samuel Webb furnished land for a Methodist Church and a female school.
The female school was on the site of the present Methodist Church. The boys school, located on the same land as the present school, was the Carey-Winn Academy. Professor Carey lived in the house once owned by the W. D. Scales family.
The two boarding schools had students from surrounding towns and states. Degrees were conferred and many entered colleges. However, the Civil War closed the Carey-Winn Academy as most instructors and students left to fight for the Confederacy.
In 1912, a high school was erected by private subscriptions. A gymnasium was built in 1924. Other additions have included a four-room elementary building in 1936, four more rooms added to the elementary building in 1949, the first cafeteria known as the Red Barn in 1947, and the agricultural building in 1953. In 1957, the original building was remodeled and a new auditorium was built. In 1961, the new R. L. Windrow Gymnasium was built, and the new cafeteria was built in 1968. In 1970, with integration, came the Kirkland School housing grades one through three.
Extensive remodeling was done in 1976, to make the school suitable for a K-6 school after grades 7 - 12 moved to the new Page High School. In 1981, the sixth grade was moved to the new Page Middle School.
In the Spring of 1993, we proudly opened the doors to our new school. College Grove Elementary is a Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grade School located at 6668 Arno-College Grove Road just southeast of Franklin, Tennessee. With a present enrollment of over 250 students, College Grove Elementary is projected to continue to grow.