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Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Chattanooga was founded in January 1852. The small but growing Catholic community in Chattanooga attended Mass in various buildings through the parish's early years. In 1858, work began on a stone church, but construction ceased in 1860 due to the Civil War.
It is the oldest building designed by Hunt that is still extant in Chattanooga. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] Since 1984, the undercroft of the church's main building has been used as a homeless shelter, operated as a cooperative project of Second Presbyterian Church and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. St.
Lee Roberson became the church's pastor in 1942. In 1946, during his leadership, Tennessee Temple University was established as an adjunct to the church, and the church and university were considered centers of the Independent Baptist movement. The church membership grew dramatically, reportedly reaching a peak of about 57,000 in the early ...
Chattanooga: 33: First Baptist Church Education Building: First Baptist Church Education Building: February 29, 1980 : 317 Oak St. Chattanooga: 34: First Congregational Church: First Congregational Church: July 22, 2010
The Reverend Michael Preg served as the interim pastor before the church called its current senior minister, the Reverend Timothy Tinsley. [2] [3] First Presbyterian minister Joseph Glass Venable, who served the church from 1924 until his death in 1928, was the first minister to preach a worship service on a local radio station. A congregation ...
First Baptist Church East 8th Street, historically named Shiloh Baptist Church, is a historic church at 506 E. 8th Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The congregation was organized in 1866 as Shiloh Baptist Church by a group of men who had served as soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War .
The building incurred major damage during the 1863 Battle of Chattanooga. In 1867 it was purchased for use by the first African Methodist Episcopal congregation in East Tennessee. [2] The church's current brick building, completed in 1886–1887, replaced a building that was destroyed by arson. It was rebuilt though the cooperative efforts of ...
In 1880, the parish sold the property at 8th and Chestnut and acquired the property at 7th and Pine as the site for a new church. [4] The church's current building was built in 1881 [3] and opened for worship in 1888. [5] It was designed by New York City architect William Halsey Wood.