Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery explained

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery
Nearest City:Shelbyville, Tennessee
Coordinates:35.4628°N -86.38°W
Built:1886
Architect:Shofner, Loton; Shofner, Jacob Morton
Architecture:gable-front form
Added:October 17, 1997
Refnum:97001231

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery is a historic Lutheran church near Shelbyville, Tennessee.

The church building was completed in 1886. Around 1976 it ceased being used as a church and was renamed "Jenkins Chapel." It is now maintained by a nonprofit religious organization that was established to preserve the building and grounds.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Three term (1939–45) Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper (1895–1969) is buried there.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shofner's Chapel celebrates bicentennial . May 30, 2008 . Mary . Reeves . Shelbyville Times-Gazette.
  2. http://tnency.utk.tennessee.edu/images/william-prentice-cooper-jr-b/ Tennessee Encyclopedia