Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church explained

Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Nearest City:Greenback, Tennessee
Coordinates:35.6494°N -84.1728°W
Architecture:gable front form
Added:March 12, 2001
Refnum:01000256

Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church is a historic church in Greenback, Tennessee.

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.[1] The church was built in 1896 and was followed by an elementary school in 1899 and the cemetery in 1903.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500618}} National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Historic Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee, 1850 -1970 ]. 1999 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: history and property survey . Stoecker . Jen . 2000 . Southern Places . Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University.