Pickett Chapel / Civil Rights - 3A 249 - Lebanon, TN
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Markerman62
N 36° 12.535 W 086° 17.335
16S E 563919 N 4007355
Located on East Market Street near North College Street, Lebanon
Waymark Code: WM1808T
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2023
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Pickett Chapel
Methodists began worshiping on this site shortly after purchasing an original town lot. Congregants erected this brick structure in 1827 where white and enslaved members worshiped until 1856 when a new building was constructed on East Main Street. In 1866 freedmen who once worshiped here in bondage bought the church and established Pickett Chapel Methodist Church. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1977, services continued here until 1973, when the congregation moved to a new facility because of the congregation's growth.
Civil Rights
On this site, the Wilson County Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) met to educate African-American citizens on the tenets of direct non-violent protest. Organized boycotts and attempts to desegregate local schools in 1961 and 1962 led to violent attacks on civil rights activists here on March 13, 1962. Afterwards Lebanon Mayor Charles D. Lloyd appointed a biracial committee to address racial inequality in the city.
Marker Name: Pickett Chapel / Civil Rights
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: 3A 249
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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