St. James A.M.E. Church | |
St. James A.M.E. Church, July 2014 | |
Location | 516 North St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 37°18′34″N 89°31′26″W / 37.30944°N 89.52389°W |
Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1875 | , 1892
Architectural style | center steeple church |
NRHP reference No. | 13001085 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 15, 2014 |
St. James A.M.E. Church, also known as the St. James Chapel AME Church and St. James Chapel, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It is noted for its historic church, a one-story, stucco-covered brick building with a rectangular plan and a front facing gable built in 1875.
The church features a central square tower added in 1892, with wide overhanging boxed eaves, a centered round window, and a pyramidal roof It sits on a raised basement dug in 1926. It is one of two remaining urban African-American churches in Cape Girardeau constructed during the Reconstruction Era. [2]: 7 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1]