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Description
Title
Bethlehem
MB
Church
No
.
1
:
view
of
front
from a
distance
Date
2001
Coverage
2000-2009
Property name
Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church No. 1
Additional property name
Bethlehem
Baptist
Church
Date of construction
1989
Property type
Church
Community Name
Medon, Madison County, TN
Description
Color
photograph
,
taken
from a
distance
, of a
front
gable
,
brick
building
and with a
two
story
,
double
slope
metal
warehouse
on the
right
. The
brick
church
building
has a
black
asphalt
shingle
roof
with a
white
steeple
at the
gable
peak
; the
roof
hangs
over
the
facade
and
is
supported
by
two
white
columns
. On the
facade
is
a
central
,
black
double
door
entrance
;
above
the
door
is
a
vertical
panel
with
black
,
red
, and
blue
stripes
. The
left
side
of the
church
has
three
windows
; at the
back
is
a
large
,
side
gable
extension
. The
metal
building
has
doors
on the
first
and
second
floors
of the
facade
with
covered
stairs
leading
to the
second
floor
door
. In the
foreground
is
a
paved
parking
lot
and a
church
sign
; the
sign
is
in a
wooden
flower
bed
and
is
made
from
black
metal
and has
white
letters
.
It
reads
, "
Bethlehem
#One
;
Baptist
;
Church
;
Pastor
David
L
.
Perry
;
Sunday
School
9:30
;
Worship
Service
;
11:30
;
Bible
Study
Wed
7:00.
"
Historical Notes
According
to the
history
on the
church
cornerstones
, the
original
Bethlehem
MB
Church
building
was
constructed
in
1847
and
remodeled
in
1948
while
Reverend
S.C
.
Long
was
pastor
. A
new
building
was
built
in
1967
under
the
direction
of
Reverend
J
.
Richmond
. The
current
building
was
built
in
1989
while
Reverend
David
L
.
Perry
was
pastor
.
Reverend
Perry
was
still
the
pastor
when
the
survey
was
done
in
2001
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American churches -- Tennessee
Subject-AAT
signs
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
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