First_Presbyterian_Church_(Cleveland,_Tennessee)

First Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Tennessee)

First Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Tennessee)

Historic church in Tennessee, United States

First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 433 Ocoee Street NW in Cleveland, Tennessee. The First Presbyterian congregation is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Presbytery of East Tennessee.[2]

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History

The church was built in 1856 and is the oldest extant church building in Cleveland. It was damaged by military activity during the American Civil War; some of the musket balls that were fired into the steeple are still embedded there.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    "First Presbyterian Church website". Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "National Register of Historic Places". Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2014.


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