Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church

Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church
Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, September 2012
Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church is located in North Carolina
Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church
Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church is located in the United States
Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church
Location300 Cragmont Rd., Black Mountain, North Carolina
Coordinates35°36′59″N 82°20′23″W / 35.61639°N 82.33972°W / 35.61639; -82.33972
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1922 (1922)
Built byKennedy, Ervin; et al.
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.09000262[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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 descendants 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c 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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