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Description
Title
Braxton
Chapel
AME
Church
:
front
view
Contributor(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
,
photographer
Date
1998
Property name
Braxton Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Additional property name
Braxton
Chapel
AME
Zion
Church
Date of construction
1920
Property type
Church
Additional property type
Cemetery
Community Name
Kingston, Roane County, TN
Description
Color
photograph
showing
a
one-story
,
white
concrete
block
,
front
gable
building
,
barely
visible
behind
a
side
gable
addition
being
constructed
adjacent
to the
facade
on a
level
lot
.
Visible
through
the
open
,
plywood
shell
,
roofless
with a
wide
opening
and
no
windows
,
is
a
set
of
double
doors
on the
facade
of the
original
church
. The
lot
is
surrounded
by
woods
and
large
trees
.
Historical Notes
According
to the
church's
Facebook
page
in
2018
, the
church
was
organized
on
December
29
,
1874
. The
sign
in
front
of the
church
says
"
Founded
1875.
" The
cemetery
interments
date
from
1870
to the
present
. At the
time
these
photographs
were
taken
, the
large
,
light
colored
brick
front
addition
was
under
construction
. As
finished
,
it
features
a
tall
,
front
gable
entrance
with
large
glass
windows
. The
center
window
over
double
doors
has an
embedded
cross
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American cemeteries -- Tennessee
African American churches -- Tennessee
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
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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