New Salem Baptist Church

New Salem Baptist Church is a Tennessee historical marker in Church Sevierville, Sevier County.

Sevier Co., 601 Eastgate Rd.,Church Sevierville

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Isaac Dockery, an African-American artisan, along with African-American families of Sevierville, built New Salem Baptist Church in 1866. It is Sevierville's oldest surviving building and the county's oldest brick church and only historic African-American church. Built as Union Church for African-American congregations of all religious beliefs, its name was changed in 1897, when it became New Salem Baptist Church. On July 24, 2023, the church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. An important part of the community's 19th century heritage, it is still used today.

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1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Knoxville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1926 · Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina-Tennessee / engraved and… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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New Salem Baptist Church60 ft

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