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Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: summary of history

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Title	Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: summary of history
Date	1978?
Coverage	1970-1979
Property name	Craigs Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Property type	Church
National Register Reference	01000256 listed March 12, 2001
Community Name	Greenback, Loudon County, TN
Description	Brief history of Craigs Chapel that was written in the 1970s. The text notes that the church was founded in 1896 and was 82 years old at the time the brief history was written. It also quotes a newspaper account of an 1896 meeting held by Rev. Wears.
Historical Notes	The Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church is an example of Jim Crow era communities in which churches had different but related buildings, structures, and sites existing on either the church lot or on immediately adjacent lots. Craigs Chapel has included three critical elements of African American communities, church, cemetery and school. The church was constructed in 1896 and the original school three years later. The church expanded its service to the African American community with the incorporation of the cemetery in 1903. An original school building was physically connected to the church after construction of WPA schools for both whites and blacks in Loudon County c. 1940.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American Churches -- Tennessee
Language	eng
Type	Text
Genre	History
Medium	Paper
Extent	8.5 x 11 in.
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: summary of history

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Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: summary of history

Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: summary of history