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Title	Woodlawn Baptist Church: correspondence
Creator(s)	Harper, Herbert L.
Date	1996/03/15
Coverage	1990-1999
Property name	Woodlawn Baptist Church
Property type	Church
National Register Reference	96001358 listed Dec. 2, 1996
Community Name	Brownsville, Haywood County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	35.653042, -89.364917
Description	Correspondence from Herbert L. Harper, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer to Ms. Sarah Doyle informing her of Woodlawn's nomination for the National and Tennessee Registers of Historic Places
Historical Notes	Woodlawn Baptist Church's congregation dates back to at least the early 1850s. It began under the leadership of slave carpenter Harden Smith (1829-1929). The first sanctuary was built in June 1865. Harden was ordained in 1868, after which he held a revival that brought 400 members to the church. Construction began on the initial brick structure in 1870. By 1891, the growing congregation added 2.5 acres to the property. The new addition later served as the location for the present church building. A larger brick building was built 1927-28 across the rod from the cemetery. The ministry of J.A. Caldwell who served 1942-1954 marked a campaign to pay off debts and build a new Sunday School annex. Other ministers include R.W. McClendon (1961-1964), Virgil J. Caldwell (1964-1968), and William Kelly, Jr. (1969-1973).
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American churches Church buildings -- Tennessee
Language	Eng
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Medium	Paper
Extent	3 p., 8.5 x 11 in.
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	Woodlawn00004

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