 In 1995 after it outgrew its old location the Discovery House staff, Congressman Bart Gordon and Murfreesboro Mayor Joe Jackson, with the help of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, began to study the possibility of reusing the vacated site of the old Murfreesboro Water & Sewer Plant.After several years it was decided that, for environmental reasons, the old structures should be demolished and new buildings built.In 1996 the City of Murfreesboro leased 6 acres of city land to the Discovery House.