Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church is a historic church in Greenback, Tennessee.
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| Nearest city | Greenback, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°38′58″N 84°10′22″W / 35.64944°N 84.17278°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Architectural style | gable front form |
| MPS | Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000256[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 12, 2001 |
Craigs Chapel is one of several historic African-American churches in rural Tennessee that had a black school and a cemetery located alongside the church, on the same plot of land.[2] The church was built in 1896 and was followed by an elementary school in 1899 and the cemetery in 1903.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Historic Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee, 1850 -1970". National Park Service. 1999.
- ^ Stoecker, Jen (2000). "Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: history and property survey". Southern Places. Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University.
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