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Beth Salem Presbyterian Church: letter from Herbert L. Harper to Dorothy Hitchcock

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Title	Beth Salem Presbyterian Church: letter from Herbert L. Harper to Dorothy Hitchcock
Creator(s)	Harper, Herbert L.
Date	1999
Coverage	1990-1999
Property name	Beth Salem Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Property type	Church
National Register Reference	00000728 listed June 22, 2000
Community Name	Athens, McMinn County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	35.412302,-84.582777
Description	Correspondence from Herbert L. Harper to Dorothy Hitchcock informing her that Beth Salem Presbyterian Church had been placed on the National and Tennessee Registers of Historic Places.
Historical Notes	Beth Salem Presbyterian Church, organized in 1866, was the first African-American congregation established in the three-county area of Polk, McMinn, and Meigs. Its establishment is a significant example of the impact of white missionaries on Tennessee's religious institutions in the wake of the Civil War. The log church building also served as a public school for African Americans. The congregation used the initial log building until it was destroyed in a fire c. 1920. The building that replaced it is representative of simple, unadorned church buildings during the era of Jim Crow segregation. Regular use of the building for church services ended in the 1950s but the building has been used for community and church gatherings.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American churches -- Tennessee African American cemeteries -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Correspondence
Language	eng
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Genre	Correspondence
Medium	Paper
Extent	2 p
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
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
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	BethSalem027

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