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Description
Title
Campbell
Chapel
AME
:
view
of
tower
Creator(s)
Smith
,
George
,
carpenter
and
mason
Date
1999
Coverage
1990-1999
Property name
Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Date of construction
1925
Property type
Church
National Register Reference
00000725
listed
June
22
,
2000
Community Name
Pulaski, Giles County, TN
Description
Sepia
photograph
of the
side
tower
with
steeple
at
Campbell
Chapel
AME
Church
. The
stone
tower
with
steeple
is
located
to the
left
of the
main
entrance
and there
is
a
rectangular
opening
on the
tower
that
is
closed
with
wood
. The
conical
steeple
is
made
from
asphalt
shingles
and
is
resting
on a
wooden
base
that
covers
and
hangs
over
the
tower
. There
is
a
wooden
dormer
with
pedimented
lintel
on the
front
of the
steeple
.
Historical Notes
The
Campbell
Chapel
AME
church
,
named
after
Bishop
J.P
.
Campbell
,
is
the
oldest
AME
church
in
Giles
county
,
TN
,
while
its
congregation
dates
back
to the
late
reconstruction
era
circa
1873
. The
original
church
building
burned
down
in
1925
,
which
led
to the
construction
of the
current
stone
structure
,
which
was
completed
that
same
year
. Not
only
did
the
building
serve
as a
church
,
it
also
served
as the
local
segregated
school
with
classes
held
in the
basement
. Its
role
as a
school
started
with the
construction
of the
new
building
in
1925
and
ended
when
the
Pulaski
Rosenwald
school
,
named
Bridgeforth
School
, was
constructed
between
1927-1928
. The
Gothic
Revival
style
of the
church
set
it
apart
from
others
in
rural
Tennessee
, and
thus
the
stone
tower
became
a
landmark
in the
African
American
community
of
Pulaski
. The
masonry
work
is
attributed
to
African
American
carpenter
and
mason
George
Smith
while
architect
Calvin
McKissack
may
have
possibly
influenced
the
final
building
design
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American churches -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM
Churches
Schools
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
5
x
7
in.
Processing notes
600ppi
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use
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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