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Description
Title
St
.
Mark
AME
Parsons
:
side
elevation
Creator(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
,
photographer
Date
1998-06-18
Coverage
1990-1999
Property name
St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church, Parsons
Property type
Church
Community Name
Parsons, Decatur County, TN
Description
Color
photograph
of
St
.
Mark
AME
Church's
side
. The
single-story
,
frame
building
features
a
gable
roof
,
brick
veneer
, and a
concrete-block
foundation
beneath
the
vestibule
. A
sign
sits
next
to the
building
and
reads
, "
St
.
Mark
A.M.E
.
Church.
"
Historical Notes
The
St
.
Mark
African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
has its
origin
in
1908
. The
church
,
located
in the
community
of
Two-Foot
in
Parsons
,
met
in a
frame
building
until
1965
. At the
time
, the
small
congregation
of
sixty-eight
constructed
a
new
brick
building
for
$10,000
.
Built
by
D.R
.
Price
Construction
Company
of
Parsons
, the
current
building
was
financed
on a "
pay
as
you
go
"
basis
and
partially
through
bake
sale
profits
. On
November
24
,
1965
, the
Parsons
Masonic
Lodge
No
.
47
laid
the
cornerstone
for the
church
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American Churches -- Tennessee
Church buildings
Subject-AAT
Churches
Brick
Concrete
Vestibules
Gable roofs
Stoops
Subject-TGM
Churches
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
4
x
6
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
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