Chimney Rock Baptist Church (Chimney Rock, N.C.) records  CRMF367     Finding aid prepared by Abbey Keener       Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives   PO Box 7777   Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109   336 758-5755      This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit  2013-09-16T16:22-0400     Describing Archives: A Content Standard           Chimney Rock Baptist Church (Lake Lure, N.C.) records   CRMF367     Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives           1     1.0 microfilm reel(s)   35mm; positive     1892-1972     Chimney Rock Baptist Church (Lake Lure, N.C.).        Historical note
Chimney Rock Baptist Church was organized July 7, 1892 as Whiteside Valley. The presbytery forming the church met in the home of J.M. Whiteside and was composed of representatives from Big Level, Cooper's Gap, Rock Springs, and Bill's Creek churches. The church was named for A.W. Whiteside. Names of the charter members were not given. Reverend Zachary T. Whiteside was elected pastor. A meeting house was soon erected. Plans were announced by the Carolina Mountain Power Company to build Lake Lure Dam across the Broad River at a point known as Tumbling Shoals. The new lake would soon cover the meeting place of the church. The property including the graveyard was sold to the company and the church was moved. On August 29, 1926 the church changed its name to Chimney Rock Baptist Church. In 1945 property was secured for a parsonage. This was sold, and in March 1951 the present parsonage near the church was bought, remodeled, and dedicated.
  Scope and Contents
Minutes of church conferences from 1892 to 1971; ten history sketches, undated; and newspaper clippings from 1967 to 1972. Manuscript and newsprint.
  Source of Acquisition
Received on loan for microfilming and return to Talmage Williams, Supt. of Missions, Green River Baptist Association, Rutherfordton, N.C. 28139 on behalf of the church, Nov. 1, 1973.
  Processing Information note
Processed by Abbey Keener on September 9, 2011.
   Chimney Rock Baptist Church (Lake Lure, N.C.).   Green River Baptist Association.   Whiteside Valley Baptist Church (Rutherford County, N.C.).   Baptists--North Carolina--Rutherford County--History--Sources   Church records and registers--North Carolina--Lake Lure   Church records and registers--North Carolina--Rutherford County   Rutherford County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources           Church Minute Book, Vol. 1, 1892-1929   1892-1929           Church Minute Book, Vol. 2, 1926-1942   1926-1942           Church Minute Book, Vol. 3, 1942-1954   1942-1954           Church Minute Book, Vol. 4, 1958-1971   1958-1971