National Historic Landmark-Bethesda Presbyterian Church

National Historic Landmark- Bethesda Presbyterian Church

Dedicated in 1822, this is one of the few churches designed by Robert Mills (1781-1855) remaining in America. Its neo-classical temple form represents Mills' work as a maturing architect influenced by Jeffersonian classicism.

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Bethesda Church

Presbyterian. Began as "Hart's Chapel," about 1765. Mother of many churches. The present building erected 1944, stands 3/4 mile south.

Marker is at the intersection of Bethesda Church Road and Bethesda Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south on Bethesda ...

Cooper's Academy / Bethesda Methodist Church

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Cooper’s Academy, built in 1905-06, was a private boarding school for the black children of this community until 1927, and a public school 1927-1958. Founded by Moses Cooper, H.J. Cooper, and Ada E. Martin, it was first called Cooper’s Academy, ...

Bethesda Baptist Church

Organized shortly after the Civil War with Rev. Edward Rhue as its first pastor, Bethesda Baptist Church purchased this site by 1867. Construction of this sanctuary began in 1922 during the pastorate of Rev. A.W. Puller and was completed and ...

Bethesda Presbyterian Church

A Church Divided

Bethesda Presbyterian Church, completed 1835, is a powerful reminder of the effect of the Civil War on the Tennessee home front. As the war clouds gathered, conflicting sympathies divided the congregation, and the church closed its doors. After ...

Battle Of Bethesda Church

Here stood Bethesda Church, founded about 1830 and used by Baptists and Disciples of Christ until it burned in 1868. In May 1864, during the Civil War, Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's V Corps formed the left flank of Lt. ...

Bethesda Baptist Church

When Bethesda Baptist Church was organized in 1785, it was known as Whatley’s Mill Church, and was in Wilkes County before it was added to Greene in 1802. When the present building was erected in 1818, the name was changed ...

Bethesda Presbyterian Church and Cemetery

In 1879 William Lee Henderson (b1808), his wife Eleanor Shelby (b1817) and their nine children moved from their Alabama home to Texas by wagon train. Church records indicate worship services were held in a shelter built by the Hendersons shortly ...

Bethesda Presbyterian Church

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This church, which held services as early as 1760 about 1 mi. E, gave its name to a Scots-Irish community in this area before the Revolution. It was formally organized in 1769 by Rev. William Richardson. In 1771 John ...