Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

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Location224 S. Maney Ave., Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°50′38″N86°23′14″W / 35.84389°N 86.38722°W / 35.84389; -86.38722 Coordinates: 35°50′38″N86°23′14″W / 35.84389°N 86.38722°W / 35.84389; -86.38722
Arealess than one acre
Built1889
Built byDave Hyde; John, Oliver, and Horace Scruggs
Architectural styleGable-end, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 95000291 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 1995

The Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 224 S. Maney Avenue. It was built in 1889 and added to the National Register in 1995. [1]

It is a one-story brick building on a brick foundation. The congregation, established in 1866, is the oldest African-American congregation in Rutherford County. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Carroll Van West (September 15, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church". National Park Service . Retrieved February 8, 2018. With photos.