Poplar Chapel AME Church

Poplar Chapel AME Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Louisiana Highway 135, southwest of Rayville, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°23′55″N 91°50′2″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903
NRHP reference No.	89000475[1]
Added to NRHP	June 2, 1989

Poplar Chapel AME Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church near 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]

See also

• St. David's Episcopal Church (Rayville, Louisiana)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Richland Parish, Louisiana

References

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