The Rutherford Health Department

Completed in 1931 in the Colonial Revival Style, the Rutherford Health Department was funded by the Commonwealth Fund of New York- program started by the Rockefellers. Murfreesboro/Rutherford County was 1 of 4 places selected for the Commonwealth Fund rural health projects in the US; building was initially segregated; initially dealt with pediatric health but then expanded once it was realized that general health in the county was poor; building was an outright gift to the people of Rutherford County by the Commonwealth Fund.