2023_photocoll_0166_0069

Digitized Date
2022
Storage Location
Legacy Inventory Number
24097
Media Fields
Media Title
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church
Digital Media Source
Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology Photograph Collection, digitized with support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Media Label Transcription

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church; Mt. Lebanon, Louisiana, United States; SEE BACK; The Mount Lebanon Baptist Church was built in 1837. Slave labor was used to construct the church pews, which have dividers that separate males and females. The spartan interior is graced with a crystal chandelier from the home of William C. C. Claiborne, the first American governor of Louisiana. The church is on La. 154 in Mt. Lebanon, Louisiana.; Photography by the LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM.; 24097