Original Church of God (Pulaski, Tennessee)

Original Church of God

Original Church of God, May 2014.
Location 115 Gordon St., Pulaski, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°12′34″N 87°1′41″W / 35.20944°N 87.02806°W / 35.20944; -87.02806Coordinates: 35°12′34″N 87°1′41″W / 35.20944°N 87.02806°W / 35.20944; -87.02806
Area less than one acre
Built 1907
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee MPS
NRHP Reference # 06000698[1]
Added to NRHP August 09, 2006

Original Church of God (Sanctified Church) is an historic church building at 115 Gordon Street in Pulaski, Tennessee. The brick structure was built in 1907.

The Original Church of God is an African American Pentecostal denomination. The congregation in Pulaski, which formed in 1906, is the earliest known congregation of this denomination in Tennessee.[2]

The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

References

  1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Heather Fearnbach (March 1995), Carroll Van West, ed., "Church of God (Original) and Church of God" (PDF), Historic Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee, 1850-1970, National Park Service, p. E16


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