King House: 303 E. Lytle St.

This Queen Anne house (1892-94) is associated with the family of Sarah McKelley King, who purchased it in the 1950s. King was born not far from here on North Spring Street. In the 1950s, she became one of Murfreesboro’s most influential preservationists, helping save the county courthouse and Oaklands Mansion. King once said, “Twenty-five ladies can move the earth.” In 1983, she was the first Tennessean elected president general of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.