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Immanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, Interior View of Church, Looking North Towards the Main Entrance

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Creator	Boucher, Jack
Title	Immanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, Interior View of Church, Looking North Towards the Main Entrance
Date	1840; 1974
Genre	Architecture Photographs
Image Note	Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
Description	Brick structure with Gothic pointed windows and Greek revival details.
Historical note	This Protestant Episcopal Church was one of the first established in rural West Tennessee. It was built by slaves of Mrs. Mary Hayes Gloster, a widow from Warrington, N.C. Traditional lore states that the pews of this church were used to make coffins for Union officers. This area of West Tennessee, which was near the rail lines at Grand Junction, was occupied by Union troops early in the war. In fact, General Grant ordered the establishment of one of the first contraband camps in Tennessee at Grand Junction.
Subject	ed States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Railroads; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
Theme	Building a Future Through Opportunity
Story	Contraband Camps
Geographic Location	United States -- Tennessee -- LaGrange
Time period	1860-69
Language	eng
Contributing Institution	Library of Congress
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Library of Congress.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Archival file	shades3/shades_loc_0021.tif