Title	Blanche Chapel School
Date	1998
Coverage	1990-1999
Additional property name	Blanche Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
Property type	School
Additional property type	Church
Community Name	Taft, Lincoln County, TN
Description	Color photograph of a white, side gable, cement block building with a black shingle roof. At the center of the front facade is a black double entrance door; above the door is a front gable portico and to the right of the door is a bush. There are four three-by-three glass block windows on the front wall; two on either side of the entrance door. There are also two glass block windows on the side of the building. In the foreground to the left is uncut grass while to the right the grass is cut.
Historical Notes	Constructed between the 1940s-1950s, this school building is located several hundred yards to the south and perpendicular to the Blanche Chapel MB Church. Some former teachers include Oscar Smith, Clinton Dozier, Claude Gardner, Virginia Askins Eady, Ann Gardner Eady, and Marilyn McDonald. Before the current church structure was built, a different building was home to Blanche Chapel MB Church. The first building, constructed in 1904, was built while Reverend John E. Mitchell was pastor. The current building was constructed in 1953 while John E. Mitchell was pastor. Much of the construction was done by Claude Gardner and his family, who was a long-time deacon and clerk of the church.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American churches -- Tennessee African American schools -- Tennessee
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Medium	Paper
Extent	4 x 6 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

Blanche Chapel School

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