Poplar Chapel AME Church

	Poplar Chapel AME Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Louisiana Highway 135, southwest of Rayville, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°23′55″N 91°50′2″W / 32.39861°N 91.83389°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903
NRHP reference No.	89000475
Added to NRHP	June 2, 1989

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.^[1]

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".^[2]

However, the chapel has been destroyed.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Poplar Chapel AME Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. with two photos and two maps
^ "Poplar Chapel AME Church DESTROYED".

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[ladoc-2] "Poplar Chapel AME Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. with two photos and two maps

[destroyed-3] "Poplar Chapel AME Church DESTROYED".

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