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We would like to thank you for visiting our web site and hope you enjoy your visit. Our city has a great history that is reflected in the structures, land and people of our community. It is our hope that through this web site we can educate the public of our city’s unique past and help promote the preservation of its heritage while at the same time, promote interest in our city’s future.
We are a non-profit organization originally formed by our local city government to take up the challenge of rebuilding the downtown's historic Princess Theatre located on Cedar Avenue. Since that time our society has evolved to include other projects including restoring the old Primitive Baptist Church, which is known today as the Chapel on the Hill.
Our society has also worked in the securing and placement of the first Tennessee Historic Commission marker in our city denoting the birthplace of actress Jobyna Lancaster Ralston of silent-film-fame. In addition, we plan to acquire and place additional markers for certain persons and historic site in the very near future.
Our city is situated in Marion County, which also has a rich and diverse history. Our volunteer member organization works with the local government, organizations and citizens to generate the funds needed for our restoration projects through donations, grants and fund raising events.
We hope that you will tour the different sections of our web site and learn more about our preservation efforts and the history of our city. Should you have comments, suggestions or would like to make a donation to our organization, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]. Before leaving, please sign our guest registry on this page. Thanks again for your visit to our web site. Also visit us on our Facebook page.
Sincerely,
South Pittsburg Historic Preservation Society, Inc.
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This web site is for educational purposes only. Contents contained within including photographs, stories and other materials are copyrighted either by the SPHPS, Inc., its contributors and/or authors/photographers and/or their heirs and may not be reproduced without express written permission from party that retains said copyright. Our society's initials are placed on each image to show where the image was found on the Internet. However, this does not imply that we (society) hold copyright to said image. In addition, a "Courtesy of" tag is applied to most cut-lines for photographs to indicate source of material. This is not always an indication of copyright ownership by said contributor. If you locate an image on our site that is copyrighted and not properly credited please contact us so that we can properly indicate copyright ownership.
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Last update was July 9, 2018
Can You Identify?
Click photo to see historic photo/s in which we are seeking names for persons pictured.
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Announcements!
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Click here for Vintage Local Newspaper Stories
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South Pittsburg Films on DVD! Three to choose from.
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South Pittsburg Historic Preservation Society, Inc.
Established 1999
PO Box 175
South Pittsburg, Tennessee
37380
Phone: 1-423-837-8327
E-Mail: [email protected]
Donations are greatly appreciated!!!
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Princess Theatre
2008
Chapel on the Hill
2005
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South Pittsburg Heritage Museum
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The old chapel bell from the former Primitive Baptist Church (1888) is now on display at our museum. Stop by and see it and the many other historic artifacts from our city's past. Located at 316 Cedar Avenue. Also you can visit us on Facebook.
