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Date of Photograph
1962-1963
Description
Mercy Seat Baptist Church in Hampden Sydney, Prince Edward County, Va. The church burned when its stove putatively exploded. The closed Mercy Seat Elementary School was loaned by the Prince Edward County School Board to the African American congregation to use for church services until their church was repaired.
Name of Building
Mercy Seat Baptist Church
Corporate Name Subject
Mercy Seat Baptist Church (Hampden-Sydney, Va.)
Topical Subject
Church buildings -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; Baptist church buildings -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works
Geographic Subject
Prince Edward County (Va.); Hampden-Sydney (Va.)
City/Location
Hampden Sydney (Va.)
County
Prince Edward County (Va.)
Original Image Medium
Black and white negative
Original Image Size
6 x 9 cm.
Genre
photographs
Local Genre
photograph
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools
File Name
pec077.jpg