Rue Chapel AME Church

Rue Chapel AME Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	709 Oak St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°6′39″N77°3′0″W / 35.11083°N 77.05000°W / 35.11083; -77.05000
Area	less than one acre
Built	1941
Architect	Lewis, Joseph F.; Becton, Willie
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
MPS	Historic African American Churches in Craven County MPS
NRHP reference No.	97000572 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1997

Rue Chapel AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 709 Oak Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built in 1941, and is a rectangular brick church building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a gabled nave flanked by corner entrance towers. Also on the property is the contributing parsonage; a one-story, front-gable brick house of the American Craftsman style dated to the 1920s. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. M. Ruth Little (January 1997). "Rue Chapel AME Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.