Crain Hill School and Church

The Crain Hill School and Church, in Crain Hill, Tennessee, is a building dating from around 1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

Crain Hill School and Church
LocationCrain Hill Rd., Crain Hill, Tennessee
Coordinates35°43′02″N 85°35′18″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1870
NRHP reference No.85000622[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1985

It is a one-room weatherboarded gable roofed vernacular building, upon a wooden pier foundation which is covered with pressed metal. Simple decoration includes gable returns and molding around the main entry.[2]

It was built to serve as both a school and place of worship for inhabitants of the Rocky River Valley. Its last use as a schoolhouse was in 1927 when a new larger school was built further up the Rocky River Road. It continued to serve as a church until the mid-1900s.[2]

It was a one-room schoolhouse.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Robin L. Krawitz (January 13, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crain Hill School and Church". National Park Service. Retrieved February 21, 2019. With accompanying nine photos from 1984


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