Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church Explained

Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church
Location:300 Cragmont Rd., Black Mountain, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.6164°N -82.3397°W
Builder:Kennedy, Ervin; et al.
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:April 30, 2009
Refnum:09000262

Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922 by descendants of freed slaves, and is a one-story, frame building with Gothic Revival design influences. It is sheathed in weatherboard and features a tall, pyramidal-roof bell tower.[1]

This church may have always been called "Thomas Chapel", but a predecessor "Tom's Chapel", named for one of its builders, was built around 1892.[1]

It was deemed locally significant as an intact example of a Gothic Revival-influenced church and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sybil H. Argintar. Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . October 2008. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.