Allen Chapel AME Church is a historic church at the corner of First Street and Elm Street in Fort Worth, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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| Location | 116 Elm St., Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°45′32″N 97°19′38″W / 32.75889°N 97.32722°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Pittman, William Sidney; Reed, William & Sons |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Other, Tudor Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000169[1] |
| RTHL No. | 124 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1984 |
| Designated RTHL | 1983 |
History
editThe Tudor Gothic Revival building was designed by noted African-American architect William Sidney Pittman, son-in-law of Booker T. Washington. When the church was completed in 1914, it sat 1,350 people. It was named after Richard Allen, a former slave and African-American minister who was the first bishop of the African-American Methodist Episcopal Church. Built at a cost of $20,000 it is the oldest and largest African Methodist Episcopal church in Fort Worth. The church established the first private schools for African-Americans. A pipe organ was installed in 1923. In 2011 lightning hit the church's bell tower causing extensive damage.[2]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ David F. Harris; Peter Flagg Maxson (December 30, 1983). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Allen Chapel Church. National Archives. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
Further reading
edit- Cary, Reby (2010). A Step Up: The Way Makers. Fort Worth: R. Cary. ISBN 978-978-66626-7-1.
- Roark, Carol (1995). Fort Worth's Legendary Landmarks. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press. ISBN 0-87565-143-7.
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