"meeting house" Traditional Cache
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Please do not look for this cache before 1:00 PM on Sundays or if church parking lot is full. The cache is narrow and could hold a couple of Travel Bugs. Please place back exactly as found and make sure it is sealed. Thanks.
Located near Owen Chapel Church of Christ. The Brentwood Garden Club has provided a nice spot to sit and look at this piece of current and Civil War era history.
NOTE: This cache is visible without moving/removing anything. Once located you will have to remove one and only one item to retrieve.
Located on Highway 31 S (Franklin Road) stands the "meeting house" of Owen Chapel. It began in 1859 on land donated by Jim C. Owen. While waiting for the building to be completed, services were held across the the road in a log building. The first service held in the present structure was in 1867.
The solid brick walls are still staunch and true (the bricks were made on site). The original roof, imported from England, was replaced with a copper one in 1999. The pews, pulpit and the front doors have weathered the 150 years quite well!
Construction continued while the battles of Frankin and Nashville were waged. It is said that the workers never stopped working despite the shells and battles surrounding them. Pot-bellied stoves originally heated the high-ceilinged, 40' x 70' interior. Those eventually gave way to coal heaters; and, in 1950, gas heating was installed. Candle lighting gave way to oil lamps, which eventually gave way to electricity in 1929. Venetian blinds replaced the window shades, and carpeting covered the floors in the 1960's.
You can find more here: www.owenchapel.org
CONGRATULATIONS TO MLRS1996 on the First to Find.
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