The Chapel-on-the-Hill

The Chapel-on-the-Hill is a Tennessee historical marker in Anderson County.

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Built in 1943 near the main business district (Jackson Square), this standard Army chapel was soon known with the Manhattan Project as "The Chapel-on-the-Hill". On 30 September 1943 it was dedicated for Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant worship. The United Church, a non-denominational congregation founded 18 July 1943, purchased the chapel in 1955 and continues to worship here. More than 4,000 weddings were celebrated in this ecumenical chapel during the first fifty years.

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1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Briceville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Briceville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1896 · Briceville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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The Chapel-on-the-Hill

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