Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)

The Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 224 S. Maney Avenue. It was built in 1889 and added to the National Register in 1995.[1]

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, August 2014.
Location224 S. Maney Ave., Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Coordinates35°50′38″N 86°23′14″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1889
Built byDave Hyde; John, Oliver, and Horace Scruggs
Architectural styleGable-end, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.95000291[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 31, 1995

It is a one-story brick building on a brick foundation. The congregation, established in 1866, is the oldest African-American congregation in Rutherford County.[2]

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