Title	Barrs Chapel CME church: choirs
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 2005/11/25
Community Name	Paris, Henry County, TN
Description	Color photograph of a framed poster showing seven groups in choir robes. The Barrs Chapel group is at top right. Partially obscured text reads "Since Sept-1960; Barrs Chapel- Com O; Birds Creek-Whitlock; Cedar Hill-Srs.-Cottage Grove; Cedar Hill-Jrs.-Cottage Grove; Coles's Chapel-Henry; Milton Grove-Paris; Western Oak Bochamin; Harry D. Cowan -President; Mrs. E.P. Dobbins-Secreatary"
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	Churches Rural churches -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Churches
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Extent	electronic
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

Barrs Chapel CME church: choirs

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