Title	Friendship CME: Moore's Chapel Methodist Church
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	1998
Coverage	1990-1999
Property name	Friendship Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Property type	Church
Additional property type	Cemetery
Community Name	McIllwain, Benton County, TN
Description	Black and white photograph of Moore's Chapel, a nearby church that owned the block building temporarily used by Friendship CME. It is a modern, concrete-block building. Vestibule of the church contains double doors with nine-paned windows. A single handrail enables access from the steps to the entranceway. Windows on the front of building appear to be painted over and no longer functional for lighting. A door appears on the facade, to the left of the vestibule. Another door appears in an addition on the right side. On the right exterior side of the building, a window remains without paint. obstructing the panes. The main building exhibits a cross-gabled roof design. The addition to the right features a gable and shed combination roof. A small, brick chimney juts from the far right of the addition's roof. All three gables in the church contain wooden planks.
Historical Notes	Established around 1879 as Moore Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, later renamed Friendship Christian Methodist Episcopal, the church is believed to be one of Benton County’s oldest churches. A small cemetery affiliated with the church, known as Moore Chapel-Flatwoods Cemetery, was established ca. 1881. The original church building stood on the same site occupied by the current building. After the original building started to deteriorate, the congregation used a school building owned by Moore’s Chapel Methodist Church. Friendship CME later acquired one acre of land to construct a new church building and cemetery on the original site, completing the building in 1989. Reverends Geneva Cherry and J.E. Robinson served as pastors at the time the property was investigated.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American Churches -- Tennessee
Subject-AAT	driveways gable roofs shed roofs double doors vestibules handrails
Subject-TGM	Driveways
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Medium	Film
Extent	35 mm
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

Friendship CME: Moore's Chapel Methodist Church

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