Pikeville Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Pikeville Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Location E. Valley Dr., Pikeville, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°36′18″N 85°11′8″W / 35.60500°N 85.18556°W / 35.60500; -85.18556Coordinates: 35°36′18″N 85°11′8″W / 35.60500°N 85.18556°W / 35.60500; -85.18556
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1870
MPS Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee MPS
NRHP Reference # 99001444[1]
Added to NRHP November 30, 1999

Pikeville Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic African-American church on E. Valley Drive in Pikeville, Tennessee.

The church was built in 1870, during Reconstruction. It was used by multiple congregations and also served as the community's black school until 1925, when a Rosenwald school (Lincoln School) was built.[2][3] A survey of Tennessee African-American churches conducted in the 1990s identified it as the oldest extant African-American church building in the state.[2] The church still houses an active congregation.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 West, Carroll Van (1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Historic Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee, 1850–1970" (PDF). National Park Service (1999).
  3. ↑ Robnett, Elizabeth (1982). "Pikeville Chapel AME Zion Church: speech". Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University.
  4. ↑ Cooper, Clint (August 1, 2013). ""Free at Last" exhibit at Bessie Smith Center — Now until Oct. 1". Chattanooga Now.

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