Poplar Chapel AME Church explained

Poplar Chapel AME Church
Location:Louisiana Highway 135, southwest of Rayville, Louisiana
Coordinates:32.3986°N -91.8339°W
Built:1903
Added:June 2, 1989
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:89000475

Poplar Chapel AME Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Rayville, Louisiana. Located on Louisiana Highway 135, it was built in 1903. It was added to the National Register in 1989.

It was a four bay basilica style church with vaguely Queen Anne Revival and Romanesque Revival style influences. It was deemed notable "as a rare survivor of a vernacular archetype".[1]

However, the chapel has been destroyed.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poplar Chapel AME Church . State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation . with two photos and two maps
  2. Web site: Poplar Chapel AME Church DESTROYED.