Built 1888 Opened 1888 Phone +1 731-352-2440 Added to NRHP 17 June 1993 | NRHP Reference # 93000476 Area 5,300 m² Architecture firm McDonald Brothers | |
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First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of McKenzie, Tennessee, is a historic Cumberland Presbyterian church whose former church building, at 647 N. Stonewall Street in McKenzie, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The church is now located at 16835 Highland Drive in McKenzie.
The congregation was organized in 1867 as the "Bethlehem Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at McKenzie, Tennessee." It moved into its first permanent building in 1873. In 1889 the congregation adopted the name "McKenzie Cumberland Presbyterian Church". The 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m2) Gothic building on Stonewall Street was built over the five-year period 1887 to 1892 at a cost of $8,000. It stood out in the community for its architecture, including a tall steeple over a high-vaulted slate roof, as well as its art glass windows.
The building on Stonewall Street was added to the National Register in 1993. In 1998 the congregation began a building project that culminated in 2002 with its relocation to a new 21,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) on Highland Drive. Some of the old church's furnishings were to be moved to the new building, and its stained glass windows were placed in storage in preparation for their installation in the new church, which was expected to be done in 2014.