Excerpts from "Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee: Knox County, Knoxville" The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration |
METHODIST BODIES
Boards, Publications & Institutions:
Name & Location (as of 1941) | Name of Executive (as of 1941) |
Board
of Education 810 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee |
Bishop Adna W. Leonard, President |
Methodist Publishing House 810 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee |
Ben A. Whitmore and Fred Stone, Agents |
Southeastern Jurisdiction | Bishop Urban V. W. Darlington, Senior Bishop |
Baxter Seminary Baxter, Tennessee |
Dr. Harry L. Upperman, President |
Hiwassee College Madisonville, Tennessee |
T. A. Frick, President |
Lambuth College Jackson, Tennessee |
Dr. R. E. Womack, President |
Martin College Pulaski, Tennessee |
Dr. Keener Rudolph, President |
Scarritt College for Christian Workers Nashville, Tennessee |
Dr. Jesse L. Cunninggim, President |
Tennessee Wesleyan College Athens, Tennessee |
Dr. James L. Robb, President |
Christian Education Magazine | Rev. Boyd M. McKeown, Editor |
Methodist Hospital Memphis, Tennessee |
Dr. Henry Hedden, Superintendent |
Holston Orphanage Greeneville, Tennessee |
J. L. Hardin, Superintendent |
Holston Conference | Bishop Paul B. Kern, President |
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Harriman District:
Rev. R. L. Stapleton, District Superintendent
Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
Active | Beaver Ridge Church Beaver Ridge Road Byington |
Rev. W. N. Graves | |
Active | Bell's Camp Ground
Church Bell's Camp Ground Road Fountain City |
Rev. John L. Cupp | |
Active | Concord Church Concord |
1865 | Rev. Edgar R. Lewis |
Active | Copper Ridge Church Copper Ridge Road Fountain City |
1869 | Rev. John F. Lynch |
Active | Ebenezer Church Wright's Switch Road |
1861 | Rev. Edgar R. Lewis |
Active | Grisby's Chapel Rt. 2, Concord |
1850 | Rev. Edgar R. Lewis |
Active | Heiskell Church Heiskell |
1870 | Rev. John L. Cupp |
Active | Mount Harmon Church Copeland Road Rt. 1, Powell Station |
1880 | Rev. John L. Cupp |
Active | Solway Church Solway |
1874 | Rev. John D. Babb |
Active | Stony Point Church W. Emory Road |
1842 | Rev. W. T. Evans |
Knoxville District:
Rev. Edwin H. Ogle, District Superintendent
Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
Active | Antioch Church Rt. 1, Mascot |
1880 | Rev. J. Roy Lynch |
Active | Asbury Church Asbury |
1854 | Rev. Henry Clifton Dawson |
Active | Bethel Church Rt. 1, Kodak Road |
1890 | Rev. William H. Leming |
Active | Bethel Church Emory Road Rt. 2, Byington |
1894 | Rev. William F. Pitts |
Active | Bethlehem Church Elliston Road and Millertown Pike |
1825 | Rev. J. Roy Lynch |
Active | Beulah Church Kimberlin Heights Pike |
1891 | Rev. W. H. Lewis |
Active | Bright Hope Church Maynardsville Pike Rt. 13, Fountain City |
1913 | Rev. Carson L. Carr |
Active | Brookside Church Elm St. and LeRoy Ave. |
1899 | Rev. William L. Russell |
Active | Burlington Church 122 Fern St. |
1924 | Rev. John I. King |
Active | Central Church 201 E. Third Ave. |
1925 | Rev. Clyde E. Lundy |
Active | Church Street Church Henley St. and E. Hill Ave. |
1795 | Rev. William F. Blackard |
Active | Clapp's Chapel Emory Road |
1843 | Rev. Ernest W. Pelleaux |
Active | Corinth Church Old Tazewell Pike |
1874 | Rev. Ernest W. Pelleaux |
Active | Corryton Church Corryton |
1866 | Rev. Ernest W. Pelleaux |
Active | Dante Church Callahan Road |
1878 | Rev. William F. Pitts |
Active | East Hill Church E. Hill Ave. and Henderson St. |
1795 | Rev. William Beets |
Active | East Main Avenue
Church 1249 E. Main Ave. |
1893 | Rev. Frank E. Trotter |
Active | Emerald Avenue Church N. Central and Emerald Ave. |
1892 | Rev. Oscar L. Simpson |
Active | Epworth Church 1534 Highland Ave. |
1893 | Rev. Marquis J. Triplett |
Active | First Church 518-20 W. Clinch Ave. |
1866 | Rev. J. Homer Slutz |
Active | First Church Second Ave., Inskip |
1907 | Rev. W. L. Hart |
Active | Fountain City Church (Formerly Fountain Head Church) 212 Hotel Ave., Fountain City |
1825 | Rev. Clyde F. Watkins |
Active | Hendron's Chapel Chapman Highway Rt. 1, Neuberts |
1840 | Rev. W. H. Lewis |
Active | Holston Chapel Wheeler St. and Tenth Ave. |
1921 | Rev. Otis E. Householder |
Active | Hopewell Church Rt. 1, Mascot |
1827 | Rev. J. Roy Lynch |
Active | Huckleberry Springs
Church Rt. 2, Strawberry Pains |
1883 | Rev. William H. Leming |
Active | Lebanon Church Rt.1, Byington |
1863 | Rev. William F. Pitts |
Active | Lincoln Park Church 501 Pershing St. |
1903 | Rev. Robert Emmett Regan |
Active | Lonsdale Church 305 Katherine Ave. |
1899 | Rev. William Claude Martin |
Active | Macedonia Church 4804 Holston Drive |
1809 | Rev. Austin A. Angle |
Active | Magnolia Avenue
Church 2700 E. Magnolia Ave. |
1889 | Rev. Arvie V. Rudy |
Active | Marble Hill Church Riverside Drive |
1915 | Rev. Harold Simpson |
Active | Mascot Church Depot St., Mascot |
1913 | Rev. Frank F. Essary |
Active | May's Chapel Emory Road |
1906 | Rev. Ernest W. Pelleaux |
Active | Middlebrook Pike
Church Middlebrook Pike |
1922 | Rev. W. L. Roberts |
Active | New Salem Church New Salem Road |
1832 | Rev. W. H. Lewis |
Active | Oakwood Church 316-18 E. Burwell Ave. |
1906 | Rev. Charles B. Tarwater |
Active | Park City Church Parkview Ave. and Chestnut St. |
1909 | Rev. D. Warren Donaldson |
Active | Perry's Chapel Price and New Hill Aves. |
1921 | Rev. C. Walter Martin |
Active | Pleasant Hill Church Pleasant Hill Road |
1856 | Rev. J. Roy Lynch |
Active | Powell Station Church Powell Station |
1878 | Rev. William F. Pitts |
Active | Ridgeway Church Kimberlin Heights Road |
1894 | Rev. A. N. Dailey |
Active | Riverdale Church Kodak Road |
1895 | Rev. William H. Leming |
Active | Roseberry Church 101 Cedar St. |
1916 | Rev. Monte K. Provence |
Active | Second Church 1200 Western Ave. |
1872 | Rev. George J. Creswell |
Active | Seven Islands Church S. Highland Drive and Old Sevierville Pike |
1915 | Rev. Joseph A. Henderson |
Active | Thorn Grove Church Carter Road |
1864 | Rev. William H. Leming |
Active | Trentville Church Rt.1, Strawberry Plains |
1895 | Rev. Frank F. Essary |
Active | Trinity Church 825 Luttrell St. |
1889 | Rev. Luke W. Pickering |
Active | Trinity Church Rt. 1, Strawberry Plains |
1887 | Rev. Frank F. Essary |
Active | University Avenue
Church 729 S. University Ave., |
1920 | Rev. James E. Chesney |
Active | Vestal Church (Formerly Jones' Chapel) Ogle St. and Chapel Lane |
1875 | Rev. Albert Lee Brewster |
Active | Virginia Avenue
Church 610 W. Virginia Ave. |
1875 | Rev. Robert Lee Evans |
Active | Washington Pike
Church 2639 Washington Pike |
1906 | Rev. Robert H. Duncan |
Active | West Lonsdale Church 3000 Ball Camp Pike |
1910 | Rev. Fred C. Lawson |
Active | West View Church Middlebrook Pike and N. Liberty St. |
1923 | Rev. Wallace Fowler |
Active | Whittle Springs
Church (Formerly Elm Grove Church) Faber St. and Old Broadway |
1888 | Rev. William R. Wright |
Active | Zion Church | 1892 | Rev. G. Francis Cox |
Defunct |
Asbury Church Asbury Road |
1881-1940 | Rev. George M. Keezel |
Defunct | Bethany Church Maple St. and Cherokee Road` |
1925-28 | Rev. Harry Monroe |
Defunct | Beverly Church Beverly Road |
1927-38 | Rev. Henry Jowry |
Defunct | Broad Street Church N. Broadway and W. Fifth Ave. |
1870-1925 | Rev. Hugh E. Kelso |
Defunct | Centenary Church 1015 N. Broadway |
1884-1925 | Rev. Jesse F. Benton |
Defunct | Clyde Street Church 1017 Clyde St. |
1921-35 | Rev. Frank Wells |
Defunct | Corryton Church Corryton Road Corryton |
1894-1939 | Rev. Frank F. Essary |
Defunct | Giezentanner Church Duncan Road |
1868-92 | Rev. G. D. Herman |
Defunct | Murphy's Chapel Luttrell Road |
1847-1934 | Rev. William Alson McCormick |
Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
Active | Wesley House 1217 Marion St. |
1908 |
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Central Jurisdiction (Colored):
Rev. Robert E. Jones, Senior Bishop
Boards, Publications & Institutions:
Name & Location (as of 1941) | Name of Executive (as of 1941) |
Board of Missions | Rev. Matthew S. Davage, President |
East Tennessee Conference | Rev. Alexander P. Shaw, Bishop |
Morristown Junior College Morristown, Tennessee |
Dr. John W. Haywood, President |
Chattanooga District | Rev.
Nicodemus D. Shamborguer, District Superintendent |
Churches:
Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
Active | Branch Hill Church Cobb's Ferry Road Rt. 1, Byington |
1867 | Rev. C. B. Cox |
Active | East Vine Avenue
Church 705 E. Vine Ave. |
1882 | Rev. LeRoy W. Hedrick |
Active | Martin's Chapel 342 W. Ohio St. |
1908 | Rev. Joseph F. Maddox |
Active | Rising Sun Church Millertown Pike |
1867 | Rev. Joseph A. Ingram |
Active | Seney's Chapel 2221 Bethel Ave. |
1878 | Rev. Moses Malone |
Missions:
Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
Defunct | Western Heights
Mission (Merged with Martin's Chapel in 1940) Martin St. and Western Ave. |
1931-40 | Rev. J. C. Freeman |
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