Johnson's Chapel AME Church explained

Johnson's Chapel AME Church
Location:E. High St., Springfield, Kentucky
Coordinates:37.6842°N -85.2167°W
Built:1872
Builder:McElroy, Wilse
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:February 10, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:88003396

Johnson's Chapel AME Church is a historic church on E. High Street in Springfield, Kentucky. It was built in 1872 and added to the National Register in 1989.

It was built by church member and builder Wilse McElroy. The church congregation was formed before the Civil War. The site was deemed significant "as an important example of late 19th c. Gothic architecture" and "as an important local black history site with important associations."[1]

The church building appears no longer to exist. The First Baptist Church of Springfield occupies its site.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88003396}} Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Johnson's Chapel AME Zion Church ]. National Park Service. Joe DeSpain . April 25, 1983 . November 24, 2017. With .