State Rep. Kirk Haston, R-Lobelville, and State Rep. Brock Martin, R-Huntingdon, today announced that $75,600 in state funding has been awarded to Henderson Co. for capital maintenance and improvement projects at the historic Doe Creek Schoolhouse in Sardis.
The funds are part of a $5 million appropriation approved by the General Assembly for the Tennessee State Museum in the 2024-25 state budget.
“The Doe Creek School offers residents and visitors an excellent insight into the importance of a quality education and how schooling has changed over the past 150 years,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement. “As Tennessee’s oldest existing one-room log school, the site is vital to the story of our community and the entire state. We are proud to announce this important funding that will help preserve the schoolhouse’s incredible history for years to come.”
The Doe Creek Schoolhouse was built around 1870 and served the community until the late 1940s. The site was restored in 2007 and contains original hand-hewn poplar logs.
The Tennessee State Museum administers the competitive grants to museums and historic sites across the state for accessibility improvements, window and roof repairs and replacements, foundation work, and HVAC and electrical projects. Eighty-three museums across 46 counties received a Capital Maintenance and Improvement Grant this year. Since the program’s inception in
