National Society of Colonial Dames of
America in Tennessee

First Presbyterian Church - Chattanooga, Tennessee


Portrait #1501
Subject/Title:
McCallie,
James Park
Artist: Wetmore, Gordon
Date Created:1960s
Owner/Location:First Presbyterian Church
554 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
Frame Dimensions:47 x 37
Image Dimensions:39 x 29
Materials/Media:Oil
Date Documented:June 2008
Condition:Excellent
Description:Subject is standing with paper in hand. He is wearing a light blue suit with dark blue tie and is wearing eyeglasses.
History of Work:Painted inside of McCallie School.
Information on artist available.
Notes:Subject was born in 1879 and died in 1971. First Sunday School in Chattanooga at First Presbyterian. McCallie taught adult men's class for 36 years with over 200 members on a given Sunday. Instrumental in founding Missions Conference. First Chairman of Bible study committee which initiated adding Bible in the Schools to public school curriculum and presented gift of Bible course to City Commissions who approved using the language of the Bible in courses where Bible is taught as History and Literature to give students a better understanding of God's Word. The courses have been taught continually since 1922. Co-founder, with brother Spenser J. McCallie, of McCallie School for Boys in 1905. Subject was son of the 9th Pastor.

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