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]