Title	Barrs Chapel CME church: side view
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	2005
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Barrs Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Property type	Church
Additional property type	School; Cemetery
National Register Reference	05001335 Listed Nov. 25, 2005
Community Name	Paris, Henry County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	36.303013,-88.48635
Description	Color photograph of a single-story white church built of concrete block, viewed from the side. The t-shaped building includes a vestibule and sanctuary with a classroom wing attached and perpendicular to the sanctuary.
Historical Notes	Barrs Chapel was founded on land donated for the purpose by John Barr, ca. 1864. The church and the associated school became the center of an African-American community after the Civil War as black landowners developed farms around the site. The cemetery was established ca. 1870. The church building standing on site as of 2005 was constructed in 1953 in the same location as previous buildings constructed ca. 1864, 1900 and 1933. The school was in operation by 1906 and remodeled in the 1930s, possibly through the Works Progress Administration. It was closed in 1958 when Henry County created a central segregated school. The school at Barrs Chapel was then used as a community center.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American churches Rural churches -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Churches
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Medium	Paper
Extent	4 x 6 in.
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
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
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file	BarrChapel001-0.tif