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Title	United Sons and Daughters of Charity Lodge Hall: windows interior
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van
Date	2005
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	United Sons and Daughters of Charity Lodge Hall
National Register Reference	listed 2005/11/09
Community Name	Bolivar, Hardeman County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	35.254361,-88.985655
Description	This color photograph shows a white wall with three rectangular windows having colorful and flowered material covering the glass. A closed white door appears between two of the windows.
Historical Notes	The United Sons and Daughters of Charity was a local self-help and benevolent organization that assisted African Americans in the wake of the end of the Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction in Bolivar and Hardeman County. Established by a group of African American free men in 1873, it was one of several like groups to form in Tennessee during the Reconstruction Era. In 1909, the organization expanded its level of community service by purchasing a lot and building a lodge hall on E. McNeal Street in Bolivar, in a part of town which emerged in the years of reconstruction and Jim Crow as the cultural heart of the local African American community. The building burned down in the 1920s. and was rebuilt in 1928. It simultaneously served as a school and as a church building for several congregationsFrom 1950-1970, the Lodge Hall's significance within the landscape became even more pronounced as it became the only remaining African American cultural institution on E. McNeal Street when the other churches relocated their sanctuaries and built new edifices on the west side of town. Today it is the oldest African American building in Bolivar.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Historic buildings -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Historic buildings Interiors Lodges
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Medium	Paper
Extent	35 mm slide
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator 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	UnitedSonsDaughters014