St. Paul’s Episcopal Parish was established in 1853. Between 1861 and 1863, the church was used as a hospital, first by Confederates and later by Federal forces. The present church structure was designed by noted architect William Halsey Wood. Its . . . — — Map (db m69247) HM
(Obverse) This church, founded June 21, 1840, by missionaries to the Cherokee Indians from the brainerd Mission and others, is Chattanooga's oldest with record of its founding date. During the Civil War, its building at 7th and Market streets . . . — — Map (db m16122) HM
[First plaque]
In recognition of
The First Baptist Church
Chattanooga landmark,
built by ex-slaves,
organized in 1866 by soldiers
who had served in
the Federal army
[Second plaque]
This property has . . . — — Map (db m184156) HM
Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church with generous assistance by Chattanoogans, this institution became a principal campus of The University of Tennessee in 1969. As an endowed, privately controlled institution it was known as Chattanooga . . . — — Map (db m13777) HM
A boarding and day school preparing more than 6,300 boys for college in its first 75 years. McCallie was established on this former Missionary Ridge battlefield in 1905. The founder, the Rev. Thomas Hooke McCallie, Civil War pastor of First . . . — — Map (db m81674) HM
Ordained in 1936, Sallie Crenshaw was the first black female minister in the East Tennessee Methodist Conference. Returning to Chattanooga after working as a missionary among Negro miners in West Virginia, she was appalled by the number of black . . . — — Map (db m51691) HM
On August 31, 1889 St. Elmo Presbyterian Church was organized with 33 members as a mission church of the First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga. The organizing pastor was Dr. Robert W. Carter. Dr. Jonathan Bachman preached the first sermon . . . — — Map (db m208724) HM
Tenor Roland Hayes received his first musical training in the choir of Monumental Baptist Church, Chattanooga. He went on to become a principal soloist with the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and to sing classical music and spirituals in concerts throughout . . . — — Map (db m166367) HM
The Natural Bridge is nearby. Near here, also, was the Natural Bridge Hotel, acquired by the Southern Spiritualists' Association in 1885. Daily meetings, including lectures
and private seances, were first held in the hotel, later in an octagonal . . . — — Map (db m150494) HM
Founded here July 4, 1857, when its first trustees, representing Episcopal dioceses in ten Southern states, met to adopt the plan of Bishop (later Confederate General) Leonidas Polk for a university to be sponsored by the Episcopal Church. Following . . . — — Map (db m13839) HM
Organized April 17, 1834. The Present edifice, completed 1870 and consecrated by Bishop Charles T. Quintard, replaced a brick building built in 1840. The memorial window for Gen. Otho F. Strahl and Lt. John Marsh, both killed in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m81775) HM
The Battle of Shiloh takes its name from a Methodist log church that stood here during the battle. On the morning of Sunday, April 6, 1862, the church and cemetery grounds became the scene of fierce fighting as Confederates attacked Union forces . . . — — Map (db m21939) HM
Shiloh Church, biblically known as "place of peace," was built in 1851. Ironically this small log church gave name to the famous Battle of Shiloh and became the site of some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War. On Sunday morning, April 6, . . . — — Map (db m22023) HM
Shiloh Log Church, built in 1851, was named, ironically, from the biblical term for Shiloh, "Place of Peace". This small log church gave name to the famous Battle of Shiloh and became the site of some of the fiercest fighting yet seen in the Civil . . . — — Map (db m184212) HM
In 1851 John J. Ellis donated 4 acres to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for a house of worship. The original house was constructed of rough hewn logs and was about 25 by 30 feet in dimensions. The name Shiloh, from which the Civil War battle . . . — — Map (db m31794) HM
The Church was organized in 1805 and in 1824 this cemetery was first used. In 1838 the Church split into the Old School or First Church and the New School or Second Church and this cemetery continued in use y the First Church. In 1881 the two . . . — — Map (db m91866) HM
Originated in 1875, St. Marks was the first black Presbyterian Church in Rogersville. Formerly located in the Tenth Civil District, now McKinney Avenue, the church moved to the corner of Kyle and Hasson Street in 1912. The Reverend William H. . . . — — Map (db m91868) HM
One-half mile west is this Presbyterian church, established in Carter's Valley in 1780 by Rev. Charles Cummings and Rev. Samuel Doak. It was moved to its present location in 1815. A cemetery is at the old site. — — Map (db m91884) HM
The church bell first rang over 100 years ago to summon the newly freed slaves to worship in the framed church that had been built to replace the brush arbor. The brush arbor had sheltered the newly organized Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church since . . . — — Map (db m200703) HM
When Hiram Bradford settled in Brownsville, 1824, he found Reuben Alphin preaching here. Methodists built the first church in Brownsville in 1832, west of the square. A second was built on the present site in 1848, and in 1869 a third, which burned. . . . — — Map (db m194113) HM
1.8 miles. This community was settled in 1826 by the Rev. Howell Taylor and his five sons. Haywood County's first schoolhouse was here; it also served as a church. The Taylor Kinfolks Camp Meeting was held here annually for over a century. — — Map (db m52978) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Temple Adas Israel
Congregation established
1867 — — Map (db m194117) HM
This site was deeded for a church on April 1, 1835. The congregation was organized and a log structure built in 1837. The present church was completed in 1850. It was constructed of hand-sawed timber cut on the grounds. It survives as the oldest . . . — — Map (db m53098) HM
Woodland Baptist Church. Woodland Baptist Church had its roots in Brown's Creek Baptist Church which was located at the present site of Woodland Cemetery. It was established by Rev. Obadiah Dodson, Samuel Brown and other settlers. In 1835 . . . — — Map (db m194049) HM
A classic example of the brother-against-brother feuds resulting from the Civil War began virtually in the shadows of the historic log Doe Creek Church and School. Hugh and Robert Kennedy established farms here early in the 1820s. When the war . . . — — Map (db m81945) HM
As the Church of Christ spread into West Tennessee, Benjamin Austin and his wife Lucinda heard and obeyed the gospel. It was 1872 when they became Christians and started having Church services each Lord's Day in their home about 1/2 mile West of . . . — — Map (db m204145) HM
When the Jackson Purchase was opened to settlement in 1818, one of Asbury's circuit riders, John Manley, located and took up land near here. He organized Manley's Chapel, probably the first church in the Purchase area, in 1821. Tennessee Conference . . . — — Map (db m192703) HM
Singer, evangelist and educator Dr. Bobby Jones popularized African-American gospel music on cable television. He became known as the "Ed Sullivan of Gospel Music." His Black Entertainment Television (BET) show, "Bobby Jones Gospel," ran from 1980 . . . — — Map (db m179617) HM
First congregation formed in the 1820s on Market Street
Worshipped in building on Poplar Street 1866 - 1913
First Sunday school class formed by J.S. Brown in 1860
First vacation bible school in Paris — 1890
Worshipped in Circuit . . . — — Map (db m155870) HM
This bell hung in the steeple of the church building on College Avenue, where the Centerville Church of Christ worshipped, for almost 100 years. The Church relocated to the present site in 1966 after outgrowing its original location. The new church . . . — — Map (db m224727) HM
Organized July 7, 1802 by Samuel McGee and Joseph Coons with Thomas McBride as the first moderator, the church was established by members of the Roaring River Baptist Church. The original church was located approximately one mile north of this . . . — — Map (db m150736) HM
On a hillock 300 yards from here stood this church, officially named Spring Creek Baptist Church. Organized July 7, 1802; with Samuel Meger and Jacob Cooms as first Presbyters, and Thomas McBride as Moderator. Was parent church for others . . . — — Map (db m150733) HM
"In commemoration of Pine Chapel Cemetery one half mile north of this spot, and Pine Chapel Methodist Church on this spot about 1787, together with Pine Chapel School House near this spot, being the first public institutions in the Wilderness. . . . — — Map (db m28571) HM
½ mi. Following organizational meetings in 1849, this was chartered as Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary in 1851. It closed 1861-65, its buildings being occupied and badly damaged by Federal troops in that period. Resuming operation in . . . — — Map (db m28488) HM
For Black Methodist Episcopal Church, School, and Cemetery. Deeded 1867 to Trustees:
John Roper •
Jacob Branner •
Joseph Peck •
William Houston •
Richard Dan — — Map (db m107951) HM
Old Butler
The Old Butler site, which was located three miles southeast of here, is under Watauga Lake. Settled before 1770 by John Honeycutt, it was named for Judge R.R. Butler in 1868. The town, originally a farming, milling and mining . . . — — Map (db m157915) HM
Organized on April 20, 1794, the first Baptist congregation in Johnson County was known as the Roan Creek Church of Christ. Originally located near Shouns, the church sponsored by the congregation of the Three Forks Baptist Church in Watauga County, . . . — — Map (db m104362) HM
The first Cumberland Presbyterian Congregation in East Tennessee was organized c. 1822 and given the name Concord. The church building, often referred to as the "Old Meeting House", was located 2 miles SE of the present town of Concord just off . . . — — Map (db m102446) HM
David Campbell, who owned much of the land in the fertile region called Grassy Valley, donated a portion of it for the purpose of erecting a "Meeting House", as churches were then called. A school building at the location was about one and one . . . — — Map (db m100834) HM
Born of German parents who settled in the area before the Civil War, Charles Christopher Krutch spent most of his life in Knoxville, the family home not far from here at 914 East Hill Avenue. Without formal training, Krutch worked throughout his . . . — — Map (db m134896) HM
Confederate chaplain, poet of the Confederacy, author of the requiem of the Lost Cause, “The Conquered Banner,” written at Knoxville soon after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865, and pastor of the Immaculate . . . — — Map (db m115499) HM
On this site stood Warner Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the first
African American Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the site of the first school for African Americans in east Knoxville. Founded in 1845, it was reported to . . . — — Map (db m167284) HM
First Baptist Church Built 1924 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m3786) HM
Founded 1792, with James White, John Adair and George McNutt founding elders. White, who gave the ground for the church, is buried here, as are Samuel Carrick, first pastor and president of Blount College, now University of Tennessee, William . . . — — Map (db m167274) HM
Fountain City United Methodist Church Founded in 1825In 1824, E.F. Sevier, grandson of Gov. John Sevier, came to this area as a Methodist circuit rider. By 1825, a plot of ground was secured and Fountain Head became a "preaching place." A log . . . — — Map (db m32350) HM
The long brick building on the left, between Austin and Bertrand, is the old Swan’s Bakery. It opened its new modern plant with some fanfare in 1927, and was so proud of it that Swan’s invited the public to see it, and even made the bakery . . . — — Map (db m178111) HM
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds (1919-1985) of Knoxville served in the US Army during World War II. He was taken prisoner by the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge. Edmonds was held prisoner at Stalag IXA POW camp near Ziegenhain, Germany. In . . . — — Map (db m160252) HM
Organized in October 1880 by Rev. J.E. Carne. Charter members were R.S. Bradford and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Arnett, Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Cook, Mrs. Emma Whitford Alexander, Richard Owen and wife, Nimmie Tipton Owen, daughter of William . . . — — Map (db m18263) HM
Southern gospel pioneer James D. Vaughan was a hymnodist and music publisher who, in the course of promoting his work, created what is now known as the Southern gospel quartet. Vaughan also embraced then-new technologies, radio and records, and . . . — — Map (db m184867) HM
Born in 1864, James D. Vaughan was a renowned gospel songwriter and publisher. In 1902 he founded the Vaughan Music Company in Lawrenceburg. In 1922, he established radio station WOAN, considered the first radio station licensed in Tennessee. In . . . — — Map (db m53576) HM
About four miles west, this was the scene of the first known settlement in Lawrence County. The Crosthwaite family came in 1804, the Walkers in 1809. A Cumberland Presbyterian church was established here shortly thereafter. Descendants of both . . . — — Map (db m80316) HM
One-half mile west on August 10, 1884, at a farmhouse on the east fork of Cane Creek several Mormon missionaries and their followers were attacked by a mob of disguised citizens. Killed were two missionaries, Elders William S. Berry and John H. . . . — — Map (db m168648) HM
St. Paul AME Church
has been placed on
The National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
October 3, 2003 — — Map (db m154303) HM
In November 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet besieged Knoxville and Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s force there. Late in the month, after the Federal victory at Chattanooga, Gen. William T. Sherman led his corps north through largely . . . — — Map (db m82220) HM
This church, built by slaves in 1854, played a significant role in Madison County’s Civil War experiences. In April 1861, days after the firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 104 local men formed a company called The Danes, later part of the 6th . . . — — Map (db m74848) HM
Built by J. M. Bemis, Boston, MA.
Founder of the Bemis Cotton Mill
Design - Old English architecture
Built of materials shipped from Boston
Dedicated as a Union church April 19, 1908
J. B. Young, first manager of Bemis Mill,
served as . . . — — Map (db m156583) HM
Built by J.M. Bemis, founder of
Bemis Brothers Bag Company as a
home for the first manager of
the mill, J.B. Young.
This home was occupied by
members of the Young family until
1961, when it was given to the
Methodist Conference to be . . . — — Map (db m194034) HM
First Presbyterian Church, which was organized in 1823, is Jackson's oldest church. The first church edifice was built in 1832 at Main and Church Street, remaining there for 120 years. In 1952, the church moved to this site. Know as Willow Banks, it . . . — — Map (db m51257) HM
In 1826, the Reverend Thomas Neely organized Jackson's First Methodist Church. Its first house of worship was built in 1831 on the southeast corner of Church and Chester Streets. During the Civil War, Union forces used the church's 1851 edifice as a . . . — — Map (db m51371) HM
Founded, 1882, by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of America, as a high school, under direction of Bishop Isaac Lane, with his daughter as principal. It became Lane Institute in 1883. Its first president, Rev. T. F. Saunders, served from 1887 . . . — — Map (db m61158) HM
On December 15, 1870, in Jackson, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The first official CME Church, "Mother Liberty," which stood one block west, was . . . — — Map (db m158684) HM
Conceived by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Pigford, the Jackson Memorial Carillon was erected by members of the First Presbyterian Church and citizens of Jackson and Madison County
in honor of those who served their country in the two world conflicts, . . . — — Map (db m168911) HM WM
Union University is an heir of West Tennessee College, chartered in 1844; its predecessor, Jackson Male Academy established in 1823: and Union University, a Baptist College at Murfreesboro chartered in 1842. In 1873, the colleges merged in Jackson . . . — — Map (db m168923) HM
In 1873, a group of English industrialists, known as the Southern States Coal, Iron and Land Company, purchased large tracts of land, and set out to develop a town, South Pittsburg. From England they brought with them a desire to worship in their . . . — — Map (db m194441) HM
Gift of land on 16 February 1877 from J.W. Hutton to the trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church in the annual conference of the Tennessee district. Designed in the carpenter vernacular style, contractor Thomas Slate built the frame building for . . . — — Map (db m152142) HM
"Miss Camille" was a Maury County native and lifelong resident of West Seventh Street in Columbia, Tennessee.
She was a graduate of the Columbia Female Institute, where she taught a number of years. She studied organ music at the Cincinnati . . . — — Map (db m151179) HM
In October 1843, free blacks in Columbia established Mount Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, the oldest black Baptist congregation in Tennessee. Edmund Kelly was its first pastor. The original church was built several blocks southeast of this site, . . . — — Map (db m148450) HM
Born in Vermont, Franklin G. Smith moved to the South once he had completed his formal education at Middlebury College and the Princeton Theological Seminary. He worked as a teacher in Georgia before settling in Lynchburg, Virginia. There, he was . . . — — Map (db m196631) HM
Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church was originally a group of black people who
held weekly meetings in the basement of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Early in 1840 they formed their own organization and erected their first church on the . . . — — Map (db m156529) HM
Samuel Rush Watkins and his wife, Virginia (Jenny) Mayes Watkins, who worshipped here at Zion Presbyterian Church, are buried in the cemetery. In his book Company Aytch: or, a Side Show of the Big Show, Watkins left an incomparable memoir of . . . — — Map (db m85997) HM
Consecrated Sept. 4, 1842, by James Hervey Otey, first Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee, this church was built by Leonidas Polk, then Missionary Bishop of Southwest and his three brothers, George, Lucius, and Rufus, who divided a grant received from . . . — — Map (db m28651) HM
Erected in 1842 for worship and spiritual instruction of white and negro people. Built under supervision of the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana, on land given by him and with labor and materials contributed by him and his brothers, . . . — — Map (db m85996) HM
Parish organized 1831
This building erected 1861
“Lord I have loved the habit-
ation of Thy house and the place
where Thine honor dwelleth” — — Map (db m196647) HM
The Reverend Edmund Kelly was born in Columbia, Tennessee in 1817. At age 16, he went to work at a boy’s school. With a strong desire to learn to read, he paid boys with candy to teach him how to read. In 1843, Kelly co-founded and was the first . . . — — Map (db m189427) HM
About 1 mile south, in 1807, a Presbyterian colony from South Carolina built a log meeting house and established a community around it. A school soon followed. A brick church was built in 1815, the present structure in 1847. Many descendants of the . . . — — Map (db m63118) HM
In August 1866, the Bethsalem Presbyterian Church was the first African-American church organized in the area of McMinn, Meigs, and Polk counties. The church had its start in a brush arbor until the congregation built a log cabin which served as a . . . — — Map (db m178009) HM
Established in 1889 as a Presbyterian mission, First United Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1892 in the Gothic Revival Style by descendants of former slaves. The church played a major role in the area's educational history, serving as the . . . — — Map (db m107922) HM
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