| Coffin Shop | |
| Location: | McKee and Monroe Sts., Gainesville, Alabama |
| Coordinates: | 32.8217°N -88.1583°W |
| Builder: | Edward N. Kring |
| Architecture: | Shotgun Plan |
| Added: | October 29, 1985 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 85002930 |
The Coffin Shop, also known as the Kring Carpenter Shop, is a historic commercial building in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The one-story wood-frame structure was built by Edward N. Kring between 1860 and 1870 as an auxiliary spaceto his carpenter shop, which originally stood next door. It is a simple gable-fronted structure, with a shotgun plan interior. The exterior features a clapboard-sided front, with a scalloped bargeboard trim on the gable. The other external walls are covered in board and batten siding.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1985.