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Quinn Chapel and Paris City Cemetery: monument with etched portrait
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Description
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
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
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file
AA
cemetery
section
Paris
007.jpg
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