Crain Hill School and Church
United States historic place
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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 | |
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  Location within Tennessee | |
| Location | Crain Hill Rd., Crain Hill, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°43′02″N 85°35′18″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c.1870 |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000622[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 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.