Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church

Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church

Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, September 2012
Location 300 Cragmont Rd., Black Mountain, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°36′59″N 82°20′23″W / 35.61639°N 82.33972°W / 35.61639; -82.33972Coordinates: 35°36′59″N 82°20′23″W / 35.61639°N 82.33972°W / 35.61639; -82.33972
Area 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built 1922 (1922)
Built by Kennedy, Ervin; et al.
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 09000262[1]
Added to NRHP April 30, 2009

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 descendents 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.[2]

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.[2]:12

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][2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Sybil H. Argintar (October 2008). "Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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