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McColgan Home
Historic  SitesMcColgan Home

The McColgan Home was built in 1858 by Dr. Wilson McColgan (1825-1910) of brick burned by slaves who lived on the farm.  The home had fourteen rooms, five of which had fireplace, a basement, and three chimneys. The walls of the home were four bricks thick. The McColgan family named the community of Arcot for their ancestral home in Scotland.

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Montvale Academy
Historic  SitesMontvale Academy

Montvale Academy was organized April 13, 1882, by Isaiah Fitzgerald, A.P. Green, John H. McMillan, J.H. Stephens, V.P. Smith, and William Love. Montvale Academy was an outstanding private school. Many of its students became doctors, lawyers, judges, and teachers.

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Clay County High School
Historic  SitesClay County High School

Clay County High School, the first public secondary school in the county, was established by the Clay County Board of Education in 1919.  In 1933, the timber frame building was replaced with a larger two-story brick structure, and the name of the school was changed to Celina High School. 

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Cordell Hull Law Office
Historic  SitesCordell Hull Law Office

The Cordell Hull Law Office seen today has been moved many times and has changed from a three-room building to two.  Cordell Hull used the building as a law office in 1891.  He pursued a political move in 1892.  After a stint with the U.S. Army, including service in the Spanish-American War, Hull returned to Celina in 1901.  

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Rock Springs Church of Christ
Historic  SitesRock Springs Church of Christ

The Congregation got its name from the beautiful streams of clear cold water gushing from between huge layers of limestone. The church was organized the first Sunday in January 1805. It is believed to be the oldest, continuously existing Church of Christ in America. 

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Cherry's Grocery Store - 3 Way In
Historic  SitesCherry's Grocery Store - 3 Way In

Around 1939 Herman and Bethel Gas built a building for a restaurant at the point of three roads converging and leading to Celina, Red Boiling Springs, and Tomkinsville, KY - thus the name, "3-Way In" After a year or two the building was bought by Winnie Cherry and turned into a country grocery store. In the late 1960's William Cherry bought the store from Winnie. It is the only true "country store" remaining in Clay County.

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Maple Grove School
Historic  SitesMaple Grove School

Isolated from the rest of Clay County by Dale Hollow Lake, Maple Grove School is currently the smallest public school in Tennessee, with approximately 35  students and three teachers for grades K-8.  The school was established in 1936 with 32 students.  

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Overton County Heritage Museum
Historic  SitesOverton County Heritage Museum

The Overton County Historical Museum is open Thursday and Saturday from 10 am - 2 pm, Friday from 2pm-6pm and is also available for both large and small tour groups upon request. Admission is free, however, donations are gladly accepted. 

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Overton County Courthouse
Historic  SitesOverton County Courthouse

Almost burned down in 1865, by a band of Confederate Guerrillas from Kentucky, the Overton County Courthouse records were saved and the building still stands, preserving the historic character of Livingston, Tennessee's town square.

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Alpine Institute
Historic  SitesAlpine Institute

Founded by the Virginia minister John Dillard in 1821, Alpine Institute would be burned by both guerrilla fighter in the Civil War and shortly thereafter by the Klu Klux Klan. Years later, in 1880, the school was re-established by the future Tennessee governor, A.H Roberts, and developed into one of Tennessee's most competitive rural schools.

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Bunkum Cave/Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park
Historic  SitesBunkum Cave/Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park

This is the birthplace of Cordell Hull Secretary of State during the Roosevelt Administration. He was a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and is known as the Father of the United Nations. The Cordell Hull Birthplace and Museum is a historic site owned by the State of Tennessee. 

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