Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church

Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church is a historic church in Greenback, Tennessee.

Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city	Greenback, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°38′58″N 84°10′22″W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architectural style	gable front form
MPS	Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee MPS
NRHP reference No.	01000256[1]
Added to NRHP	March 12, 2001

Craigs Chapel is one of several historic African-American churches in rural Tennessee that had a black school and a cemetery located alongside the church, on the same plot of land.[2] The church was built in 1896 and was followed by an elementary school in 1899 and the cemetery in 1903.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Historic Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee, 1850 -1970". National Park Service. 1999.
3. Stoecker, Jen (2000). "Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: history and property survey". Southern Places. Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University.