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

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Location:224 S. Maney Ave., Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Coordinates:35.8439°N -86.3872°W
Built:1889
Builder:Dave Hyde; John, Oliver, and Horace Scruggs
Architecture:Gable-end, Gothic Revival
Added:March 31, 1995
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95000291

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.

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=95000291}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church ]. National Park Service. Carroll Van West . September 15, 1993 . February 8, 2018. With .