Our most recent acquisition, this two-story building on Oliver Road previously housed the Palmersville Masonic Lodge and the Palmersville Baptist Church.

The Palmersville Masonic Lodge, chartered in 1869, closed in December 2014 and its remaining members merged with another lodge.

Our priority is the preservation of this historical building and its contents. We recently updated the electrical system and got the water system working again.

Maintaining and preserving the nearly 100 year old building will be costly (roof, for example), but we are hopeful that both present and previous residents of Palmersville who have memories tied to the building will help us out.

The Masonic Lodge requested that the Historical Society preserve the portrait collection of early lodge members. After completion of cleaning and repairing, these portraits will be on permanent display at our building.

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Donoho School c.1916

Posted on April 25, 2026 by Palmersville Historical Society

Pictured is Donoho School, which was located in the 1st District at the junction of Donoho Levee Rd, Workman’s Cemetery Rd (or was it Glover Rd?), and Austin Springs Rd.

The school was built c. 1910 on land donated by Augustas Donoho. Teachers who held positions were Eula Aniley during 1935, Florence Mae Donoho during the later part of the 1930s, and Gurtrude Moore until the school’s closing in 1940.

The photo and part of information are courtesy of Janice (Donoho) Laws.

You can see a picture of the 1939/40 Donoho School students here.

Special thanks to Robert G Reynolds of Palmersville, TN News