Allen Chapel AME Church (Fort Worth, Texas)
Allen Chapel AME Church | |
Location | 116 Elm St., Fort Worth, Texas |
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Coordinates | 32°45′32″N 97°19′38″W / 32.75889°N 97.32722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | Pittman, William Sidney; Reed, William & Sons |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Other, Tudor Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 84000169[1] |
RTHL No. | 124 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 18, 1984 |
Designated RTHL | 1983 |
Allen Chapel AME Church is a historic church at the corner of First Street and Elm Street in Fort Worth, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
History
[edit]The Tudor Gothic Revival building was designed by noted African-American architect William Sidney Pittman, son-in-law of Booker T. Washington. When the church was completed in 1914, it sat 1,350 people. It was named after Richard Allen, a former slave and African-American minister who was the first bishop of the African-American Methodist Episcopal Church. Built at a cost of $20,000 it is the oldest and largest African Methodist Episcopal church in Fort Worth. The church established the first private schools for African-Americans. A pipe organ was installed in 1923. In 2011 lightning hit the church's bell tower causing extensive damage.[2]
Photo gallery
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ David F. Harris; Peter Flagg Maxson (December 30, 1983). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Allen Chapel Church. National Archives. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Cary, Reby (2010). A Step Up: The Way Makers. Fort Worth: R. Cary. ISBN 978-978-66626-7-1.
- Roark, Carol (1995). Fort Worth's Legendary Landmarks. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press. ISBN 0-87565-143-7.
- African Methodist Episcopal churches in Texas
- National Register of Historic Places in Fort Worth, Texas
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Texas
- Churches completed in 1914
- Churches in Fort Worth, Texas
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
- Texas Registered Historic Place stubs
- Texas church stubs