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Big Spring Union Church

18th-century churches in the United StatesBaptist churches in TennesseeBuildings and structures in Claiborne County, TennesseeChurches completed in 1795Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
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Big Spring Union Church, also known as Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church, is a historic church in Springdale, Claiborne County, Tennessee. The church was built circa 1795 or 1796, and was known at first as Big Spring Meetinghouse. A Baptist church was organized at the site in 1800. During the Civil War, it served as a hospital for both Confederate and Union Army troops. It is one of the oldest church buildings in Tennessee that is still in active use as a church. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The church is on Lone Mountain Road, off Tennessee State Route 32. The Tennessee State Library and Archives holds a copy of the records of Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church for the years 1800 through 1948.

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Big Spring Union Church
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Riddle Lane 119
37879
Tennessee, United States
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