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Description
Title
Hackney
Chapel
AME
Zion
Church
:
picnic
shelter
Creator(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
Date
1998
Coverage
1990-1999
Property name
Hackney Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Property type
Church
Additional property type
Cemetery
National Register Reference
00000729
listed
July
10
,
2000
Community Name
Unitia, Loudon County, TN
Description
Color
photograph
of an
open-air
pavilion
shelter
;
gable
roof
with
wood
beams
;
cement
block
wall
supporting
the
exterior
wood
supports
;
picnic
table
under
shelter
;
white
church
building
on
left
Historical Notes
Hackney
Chapel
AME
Zion
Church
was
built
by the
African
American
members
of the
Unitia
community
(unincorporated)
in
October
of
1899
. The
land
had been
owned
by
F.R
. and
M.J
.
Hackney
,
African
American
land
owners
who
donated
the
land
for a
church
and
cemetery
.
During
the
early
twentieth
century
life
in
Unitia
centered
around
the
church
and the
Unitia
School
,
which
closed
in
1948
due
to
lack
of
students
. The
church
added
a
rear
addition
in the
1930s
,
which
provided
a
raised
space
tor
the
minister's
pulpit
and
choir
;
electricity
and
paneling
followed
c
.
1970
, and a
picnic
shelter
with
attached
restrooms
c
.
1980
. The
church
remained
in
business
until
1988
when
its
only
two
members
passed
away
. The
cemetery
contains
approximately
100
markers
,
dating
to the
1880's
prior
to the
church's
construction
in
1899
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American Churches -- Tennessee
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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