Crain Hill School and Church

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Crain Hill School and Church
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LocationCrain Hill Rd., Crain Hill, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°43′02″N85°35′18″W / 35.71722°N 85.58833°W / 35.71722; -85.58833 (Crain Hill School and Church) Coordinates: 35°43′02″N85°35′18″W / 35.71722°N 85.58833°W / 35.71722; -85.58833 (Crain Hill School and Church)
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1870
NRHP reference No. 85000622 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1985

The Crain Hill School and Church, in Crain Hill, Tennessee, is a building dating from around 1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

It is a one-room weatherboarded gable roofed vernacular building, upon a wooden pier foundation which is covered with pressed metal. Simple decoration includes gable returns and molding around the main entry. [2]

It was built to serve as both a school and place of worship for inhabitants of the Rocky River Valley. Its last use as a schoolhouse was in 1927 when a new larger school was built further up the Rocky River Road. It continued to serve as a church until the mid-1900s. [2]

It was a one-room schoolhouse.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Robin L. Krawitz (January 13, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crain Hill School and Church". National Park Service . Retrieved February 21, 2019. With accompanying nine photos from 1984