Home

Southern Places

Quinn Chapel and Paris City Cemetery: monument with etched portrait

Reference URL

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Quinn Chapel and Paris City Cemetery: monument with etched portrait

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

...

Title	Quinn Chapel and Paris City Cemetery: monument with etched portrait
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van, photographer
Date	2006?
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Quinn Chapel AME Church and Paris City Cemetery
Property type	Church
Additional property type	Cemetery
Community Name	Paris, Henry County, TN
Latitude/Longitude	36.304303,-88.32385
Description	Color photograph of a monument on which a portrait of three people is etched. The image shows a female African American, a male African American child, and a white female child
Historical Notes	Quinn Chapel is a large, Gothic-style brick church located in downtown Paris, TN that is located immediately adjacent to the Paris City Cemetery. The cemetery was a prominent burial ground for white citizens of the area, dating to the mid-19th century. Notable graves include John Wesley Crockett, son to David, and Isham Harris, Governor of Tennessee during the civil war. The cemetery also houses a large monument, dedicated in 2006, that honors the unmarked graves of slaves and other African Americans and the role they played in the early days of Henry County
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	Monuments
Subject-TGM	Monuments & memorials
Type	Still image
Format	jpeg2000
Genre	Photograph
Extent	electronic
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	AA cemetery section Paris 007.jpg