Big Spring Union Church

	Big Spring Union Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Lone Mountain Road, Springdale, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°25′20″N 83°31′28″W / 36.42222°N 83.52444°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1795
NRHP reference No.	75001739
Added to NRHP	May 29, 1975

Big Spring Union Church, also known as Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church, is a historic church in Springdale, Claiborne County, Tennessee.

The church was built circa 1795 or 1796, and was known at first as Big Spring Meetinghouse. A Baptist church was organized at the site in 1800. During the Civil War, it served as a hospital for both Confederate and Union Army troops.^[2]

It is one of the oldest church buildings in Tennessee that is still in active use as a church.^[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1] The church is on Lone Mountain Road, off Tennessee State Route 32.^[1]^[2] The Tennessee State Library and Archives holds a copy of the records of Big Spring Primitive Baptist Church for the years 1800 through 1948.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church". Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
^ "Guide to Manuscript Materials on Microfilm : MF. 500 - MF. 599". Tennessee State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2013-12-27.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[TNvacation-2] "Big Springs Primitive Baptist Church". Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.

[3] "Guide to Manuscript Materials on Microfilm : MF. 500 - MF. 599". Tennessee State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2013-12-27.

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