Henderson Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Explained

Henderson Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Location:	Church St., Rutledge, Tennessee
Coordinates:	36.2814°N -83.5164°W
Built:	1890
Added:	June 22, 2000
Refnum:	00000730

Henderson Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic African-American church on Church Street in Rutledge, Tennessee.

The church building was constructed in 1890. It is a frame building with a gable entrance, a vernacular design that is commonly seen in rural African-American churches built in the twentieth century.^[1]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500618}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Historic Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee, 1850–1970 ]. Carroll Van . West . 1995 . National Park Service (1999).