Visitors Chapel AME

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Visitors Chapel AME
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Location319 Church St.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°30′31″N93°3′1″W / 34.50861°N 93.05028°W / 34.50861; -93.05028 Coordinates: 34°30′31″N93°3′1″W / 34.50861°N 93.05028°W / 34.50861; -93.05028
Arealess than one acre
Built1913 (1913)
ArchitectNorthington, J.H..
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Classical Revival
Part of Pleasant Street Historic District (ID03000532)
NRHP reference No. 95000682 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1995
Designated CPJune 20, 2003

The Visitors Chapel AME is a historic church building at 319 Church Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a Three story brick building, designed in a distinctive combination of Classical and Gothic Revival styles by J.H. Northington and built in 1913. The church has a Greek cruciform plan with a dome at the center, with a Classical gable-front flanked by towers with Gothic windows. An African Methodist Episcopal congregation is believed to have existed in Hot Springs since the 1870s; this building is the fourth it is known to have built. It is named in honor of the many outsiders who come to worship with the regular congregants. [2]

The building was listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Visitors Chapel AME". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-29.