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Sycamore Chapel
Sycamore Chapel during the Little Colonel years.
from Fox
Film Corporation Scrapbook
by the Little Colonel
Productions, Inc., probably by Kate Matthews
Pewee Valley's African American settlement has historically been off Rollington Road on Fraziertown Road. To get
to Fraziertown, take Central down to Rollington. At the first
stop sign, there is a bend in the road. Rollington is to the
left, Old Mill is straight ahead and Fraziertown Road is to the
right:
the view down Fraziertown Road from
Rollington -- it's a winding lane
Information
about Fraziertown from Historic Pewee Valley, page 10:
"Also present on the
1879 map, just outside the West corner of town, is a
collection of about 10 houses and a chapel which we know
to be the beginnings of Fraziertown, a small black
community that developed at this location after the War
Between the States. Very little is known of the history
of Fraziertown, but it can be assumed that some of the
freed slaves from the area gathered here and built
houses. The settlement is no doubt named for a "B.
Frazier" whose name appears on the map. Sycamore Chapel
Methodist Church was built in Fraziertown in 1897
on land donated by a Mrs. Brenner of Louisville. This
historic wood-framed church still stands, with
remodeling over time. Most of the other Fraziertown
structures on the 1879 map are gone."
Sycamore United Methodist Church, Fraziertown,
(winter 2007)
Close-up of the church doors
Unfortunately, the Sycamore Chapel portion of the stained glass
window above the door has been partially obscured by remodeling.
From History & Families Oldham
County, Kentucky: The First Century 1824-1924
Sycamore Chapel
Methodist Church (in Frazier Town)
The Pewee Valley First
Baptist Church, built as a community church, served as the
first meeting place of members of the Sycamore Chapel
Methodist Church. In the early 1870s, members began to
consider the possibility of constructing their own church
building. Land was difficult to acquire. However, Mrs.
Brenner of Louisville gave land for the new church.
Sycamore Chapel was organized and built in 1873, and
Reverend W. H. Evans served as first pastor. Officers
included James Hinkle, Pollie Hinkle, Selby Lindsey and Rose
Lindsey.
There is a listing of
pastors, without dates, in the book.
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