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Allen Chapel AME Church (Fort Worth, Texas)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
84000169

Designated RTHL
  
1983

Added to NRHP
  
18 October 1984

Built
  
1914

RTHL #
  
124

Opened
  
1914

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Location
  
116 Elm St., Fort Worth, Texas

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
Morning Chapel Colored, First Christian Church, Bryce Building, Reedy Chapel‑AME Church, Allen Chapel African M

Allen Chapel AME Church is a historic church at the corner of First Street and Elm Street in Fort Worth, Texas.

History

The Tudor Gothic Revival building was designed by noted African-American architect William Sidney Pittman, son-in-law of Booker T. Washington. When the church was completed in 1914, it sat 1,350 people. It was named after Richard Allen, a former slave and African-American minister who was the first bishop of the African-American Methodist Episcopal Church. Built at a cost of $20,000 it is the oldest and largest African Methodist Episcopal church in Fort Worth. The church established the first private schools for African-Americans. A pipe organ was installed in 1923. In 2011 lightning hit the church's bell tower causing extensive damage. The church was added to the National Register in October 18, 1984.

References

Allen Chapel AME Church (Fort Worth, Texas) Wikipedia