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Title Cool Springs Baptist Church (Jesse Brown)
Title Note Connected with Jesse Brown
Date November 29, 1973
Description Cool Springs Baptist Church in E.B. Jeffress Park near milepost 272.5, section 2E on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by C.E. Westveer, November 29, 1973.
Commentary Jesse Brown was an African-American preacher, who used Cool Springs Baptist Church to preach.
Location Location Name: E.B. Jeffress Park
Parkway Milepost: 272.0
Latitude: 36.2416667
Longitude: -81.4833333
Creator Individual C.E. Westveer
Tags Brown, Jesse
Church buildings
Cool Spring Baptist Church (N.C.)
E.B. Jeffress Park (N.C.)
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway