Allen Chapel AME Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
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Location	116 Elm St., Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates	32°45′32″N 97°19′38″W / 32.75889°N 97.32722°W / 32.75889; -97.32722
Area	less than one acre
Built	1914
Architect	Pittman, William Sidney; Reed, William & Sons
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Other, Tudor Gothic
NRHP reference  No.	84000169 [1]
RTHL  No.	124
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 18, 1984
Designated RTHL	1983

Allen Chapel AME Church is a historic church at the corner of First Street and Elm Street in Fort Worth, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

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See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas

References

Further reading

• Cary, Reby (2010). A Step Up: The Way Makers. Fort Worth: R. Cary. ISBN  978-978-66626-7-1.
• Roark, Carol (1995). Fort Worth's Legendary Landmarks. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press. ISBN  0-87565-143-7.

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