Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground (Additional Documentation)
National Register of Historic Places

Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground (Additional Documentation)

Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee
Listed
May 11, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75001796

About this property

The Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground is a historic religious summer campground near Jonesborough, Tennessee. This one-story open air camp meeting shed with gable on hipped roof is rectangular, measures approximately 72 x 45 feet, and has a nave plan. The structure is supported by hewn and pegged timber truss work. It features a stage, unfinished plank pews, and a packed earth and sawdust floor. Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground was founded following the Great Revival of 1800. First meetings here may have occurred as early as 1815. In 1842 temporary brush arbors were abandoned for a more permanent structural complex. The present Tabernacle as well as the other buildings, now extinct, were reconstructed according to the same plan and shape and utilizing the same materials in 1900.

Location

101 Bayless Road
Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee
36.34811, -82.54118

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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When was Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground (Additional Documentation) listed on the National Register?

Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1975.

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Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground (Additional Documentation) is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground (Additional Documentation) is recorded as the industrial era.

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