Blue Springs Church and Cemetery

Blue Springs Church and Cemetery is a Tennessee historical marker in Greene County.

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The Blue Springs Lutheran Church, once Patterson's Church, served as the site of worship for the Greene County German settlers since before 1811. During the 1863 Civil War Battle of Blue Springs, its second brick building served as a hospital and the cemetery as a mass burial ground. The cemetery contains 32 known Civil War soldiers' graves. The third and current building, a Folk Victorian with Gothic and Revival influences was erected in 1893. On November 13, 2017, the National Park Service listed the Blue Springs Church and Cemetery in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Historical maps covering this location

1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1809 · United States of America, southern part. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1812 · Kentucky. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Kentucky (Mathew Carey, 1814) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Blue Springs Lutheran Church and Cemetery130 ft

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