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Beautiful Old Church in College Grove, Tennessee
College Grove Methodist Church is located in Williamson County, Tennessee. I love the attention to detail and the wood work on this one! This church began in 1869 and the congregation built a small frame church on the property. By the late 1800s, it had outgrown that building and this one was erected in its…
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Historic Church Holds On in Tennessee
This is Cross Roads Church of Christ in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. The church was founded in 1832, but it’s said that this building was erected in 1848. It’s been abandoned for several years and seems to be falling into heavy disrepair. The cemetery on the property is fairly decent size with a wall of stone…
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Historic Smyrna Church
This big brick building with the gorgeous stained glass windows is Smyrna First United Methodist Church in Smyrna, Tennessee. I seriously could not stop looking at those windows. This is just one of side of it. The rest of it is quite sprawling. I have little information on this one, just what I could find…
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Brick Church Dates Back to 1812
A local favorite of mine in Rutherford County is this gorgeous piece of history, Salem United Methodist Church. The congregation of this church was founded in the home of Thomas Jarratt in 1812 by Thomas King and John Manley. After they grew too large for house meetings, they collected funds to build a log cabin…
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Historic Chapel Overcomes the Panic of 1907
All Saints’ Chapel is located on the campus of Sewanee: The University of the South which was founded in 1857. During the Panic of 1907, everything halted and the church served the university in its unfinished state for nearly half a century. Though plans were made to build the chapel in the 1850s, the construction…
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Old Church – Site of the Second Great Awakening
This little white church was built on the location of one of the most famous “camp meeting” revivals dating back to the early 1800s. This kicked off what became known as the Second Great Awakening where people came from far and wide for these week-long affairs. This church is over 200 years old and is…
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Historic Bear Creek Church
While I do adore my little white churches, this brick church had me almost squealing when we pulled up! How gorgeous is this place? It sits alone in a big field surrounded by big beautiful trees. Oh what those trees have seen! This is Bear Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Maury County. The Bear Creek…
