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Description
Title
Alexandria
Cemeteries
Historic
District
:
small
grave
markers
Creator(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
,
photographer
Date
2002
?
Coverage
2000-2009
Property name
Alexandria Cemeteries Historic District
Property type
Cemetery
Additional property type
Church
;
District
National Register Reference
02000584
listed
May
30
,
2002
Community Name
Alexandria, Dekalb County, TN
Description
Black
and
white
photograph
of
about
three
markers
not
big
enough
for
writing
.
Historical Notes
The
Alexandria
Cemeteries
Historic
District
is
located
at the
end
of
Cemetery
Street
in
Alexandria
,
TN
. The
district
includes
the
Seay
Chapel
African-American
United
Methodist
Church
, the
East
View
(White)
cemetery
and the
African-American
cemetery
. Of these, the
East
View
Cemetery
is
oldest
,
dating
to
1836
or
earlier
.
It
contains
the
remains
of
both
Federal
and
Confederate
veterans
of the
Civil
War
.
Seay
Chapel
was
established
in
1869
on
land
deeded
by the
city
of
Alexandria
for
construction
of an
African-American
church
,
school
and
cemetery
. The
original
Seay
Chapel
building
was
replaced
in
1931
with a
new
building
that
features
rock-faced
masonry
.
W.E.B
.
Dubois
attended
the
church
while
serving
as a
teacher
at the
nearby
Wheeler
School
during
his
undergraduate
years
at
Fisk
University
. His
experience
there was
described
in his
book
,
Souls
of
Black
Folk
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American cemeteries -- Tennessee
Sepulchral monuments -- Tennessee
Subject-AAT
Cemeteries
Tombstones
Subject-TGM
Cemeteries
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
7
"
x
5
"
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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