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Historic Bemis, TN Church
Bemis United Methodist Church was built in 1908 by J. M. Bemis. He was the founder of the Bemis Cotton Mill. This church was built with heavy Old English architecture (hello tudor!!) and with materials shipped in from Boston. On a personal note, my parents were married here and this was my first time visiting…
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Historic Chapel in Ashland
St. Ann’s was built in 1892 for the growing Roman Catholic population in Ashland. It was used for almost 90 years! Today it’s part of the Randolph-Macon College and serves their music department.
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Oldest Church in Richmond
“Give me liberty or give me death!” These famous words of Patrick Henry were spoken at this very church in Richmond, Virginia. St John’s Church was built in 1741 and is the oldest church in the city. During the Revolutionary War in 1781, General Benedict Arnold quartered his troops here while Richmond was occupied. Yep,…
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Little White Mulberry Church
Take me down to the little white church Mulberry Baptist, established 1808 and built circa 1901.
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Post Oak Springs Christian Church
Post Oak Springs Christian Church was formed in 1812. It’s said to be the oldest Restoration Movement church in Tennessee. The present building was constructed in 1876 on the site where 2 previous buildings were located. This church still meets today in a new location!
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Olivet Methodist Episcopal Church
I cannot get over this church! Olivet United Methodist Church was built in 1871 in the small community of Riversburg. It’s not often that you see an old church this Victorian! The doors are significant to its architecture in that they are considered “Christian door” style to represent an open Bible. Highway 31 soon came…
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Church in Tiny Mulberry, TN
Found in tiny Mulberry, Tennessee is the Mulberry Methodist Church. I couldn’t locate a single piece of historical information about this church, but it’s evident that it was most likely built somewhere in the mid to late 1800s. Mulberry, Tennessee has a population of around 750 and was named for the red mulberry bushes that…
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Tiny Town, Beautiful Church
This beautiful little white church is the Cedar Hill United Methodist Church in Cedar Hill, Tennessee. This is a super tiny town with a population of only about 314. The congregation began meeting in Cedar Hill in 1793 and the present building was constructed in 1889.
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Old Chapel Gets New Life as Events Venue
This little white church was built in 1903 as an Episcopal church in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. It’s now known as Hay Long Chapel and plans to be used for weddings and events.
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Historic Kelso, Tennessee Church
It’s been a minute since I posted a church and it issss Sunday, so here’s a little white rural church for you! The Kelso Cumberland Presbyterian Church was established in 1876. I’m not sure exactly when this building was constructed, but judging by those gorgeous arched windows, I would guess it was built around that…
