Tag Archives: Latter Day Saints

-Tennessee, Churches and Temples, National Register of Historic Places

Northcutts Cove Chapel-Grundy County, Tennessee

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The are only a a handful of rural churches left that were built and used by the Latter Day Saints. Northcutts Cove Chapel was built in 1909. It was built on land donated by church member, John Tipton.

It is often stated it is the oldest LDS church still standing in the rural southeast. However, the Cumorah Church in Douglas, Georgia was built in 1907. Northcutts Cove is in significantly better condition, though. Neither building is under the auspices of the Latter Day Saints anymore.

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

-Tennessee, Abandoned, Churches and Temples

Church of the Latter Day Saints-Altamont, Tennessee

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The elders at the Northcutt’s Cove Chapel decided that the church should be closer to town, so they decided to build on land surrounding the Altamont town square, a few miles from the chapel. Built with local stone hauled in by mules, the church took several years to build because the land was incredibly rocky. The church was in use from 1946-1981 until the congregation had grown large enough that a new house of worship was built on the edge of town.

-Georgia, Churches and Temples, Demolished

Cumorah Church-Douglas, Georgia

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Coffee County

The Cumorah Church is a rare rural church for practitioners of the Mormon Faith. The Hill Cumorah is where Joseph Smith found the golden plates, hence the name Cumorah Church. Founded in 1907, Mormons, by and large, were not welcome to the state of Georgia. Despite this, the congregation met in this building until the 1970s. It is located just outside of Douglas, Georgia.

Update: The church is no longer standing after Hurricane Helene in September 2024.