Brooklyn Church and Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places

Brooklyn Church and Cemetery

Chatham, Jackson County, Louisiana
Listed
August 1, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84001294

About this property

Brooklyn Church and Cemetery is a historic church in Chatham, Louisiana. The church building is a plain wood-frame structure built in 1902. It was deemed significant "as an almost perfectly preserved example of an austere turn-of-the-century country frame church. It represents a local North Louisiana unpretentious building tradition. Architecturally speaking, churches of this ilk should be regarded as remote descendants of provincial Greek Revival temple form churches. They are generally associated with the Methodist and Baptist sects and represent a building type which is a vital part of the material culture of the Upland South. But it is an archetype which is rapidly disappearing." The cemetery has been used at least since the arrival of first settlers in the area in 1857. Almost all the tombstones date from c.1860 through the early twentieth century. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 1984.

Location

Chatham, Jackson County, Louisiana
32.25667, -92.37802

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Brooklyn Church and Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Brooklyn Church and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Brooklyn Church and Cemetery?

Brooklyn Church and Cemetery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Brooklyn Church and Cemetery?

The period of significance for Brooklyn Church and Cemetery is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1902.

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