Big Black Creek Historical Association

Some of the Denmark, Tennessee pictures and artifacts compliments of Ms. Louise Stevens.

Please contact us if you have articles or pictures of old Denmark, Mercer or the surrounding area, we will copy them and return the originals to you. We are very interested in pictures of accounts of the 1909 tornado.

Denmark Main Street in the 1940's..

Dave Hardee's store and the Denmark post office built in 1930.

The Denmark Presbyterian Church as it looked in 1946.

1958 list of Denmark, TN 38391 Postmasters.

Fannye Louise Tyson, Postmaster taken February 1970.

Official stationary, town of Denmark

when it was still incorporated.

Margarite Tyson, Flora Reid & Lucille Carter in front of the Denmark school in the early 1900's.

Wedding invitation for the wedding between Bella Ducker and Dr. John B. Love at The Denmark Presbyterian Church on April 14, 1897.

Denmark, TN taken from the top of the "Big hill" on Huntersville road. The Denmark Presbyterian Church is the large building rear left in the picture.

The Denmark Baptist Church built after the cyclone (tornado) in 1909 destroyed the Baptist and Methodist churches.

Denmark Main St. winter 1917.

1926.. Miss Bryant, Steve Carter, G. Bryant, Jess abd Charlie Harris.

Mr. & Mrs. Dave Hardee and Robert.

Stevie (Steven A.) Carter and Fonville Neville in 1946.

A gathering on the lawn. This is not the Denmark Presbyterian Church, possibly the school or one of the other churches. 

Map of Denmark, late 1800's most likely.

This is the Denmark Presbyterian Chirch and the original bell stand, the year is unknown but probably the early 1900's. 

On October 14, 1909 a destructive tornado struck Denmark destroying a good part of the town including the Baptist and Methodist church buildings. Mr. Allen Barnes was killed by the tornado leaving a wife who could not afford to raise their new baby. The Snipes family took in the baby boy and raised him. 

Mr. Barnes tombstone in The Denmark Presbyterian Cemetery. The newspaper listed his first name as "Allen." 

The circus came to Denmark Tuesday April 20th., we think the year was 1909.

Jennie D. Bryant, Born January 16, 1862 Died February 26, 1955. She was a long time resident of Denmark, TN. 

Church ledger entry by T.H. Bond of The Denmark Baptist church concerning the cyclone (tornado) that hit Denmark October 14, 1909 destroying a good part of Denmark and both the Methodist and Baptist churches.

Steven A. Carter owned and farmed many acres in Denmark. Stevie, as he was known, always wore a tie and dress shirt if he was working the fields or walking around the area. 

The remains of a house on Main Street in Denmark. It appears that fire may have destroyed it,

This appears to have been the walk way to the house from Main Street, about 30 yards away.

Brick pillars and some blackened and rotted wood is about all that remains.

The shamrock roof trim didn't seem to bring luck.