St. James A.M.E. Church (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)
Appearance
St. James A.M.E. Church | |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/13/15 through 1/17/14. National Park Service. 2014-01-24.
- ^ Celine Finney and Steven J. Hoffman (July 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. James A.M.E. Church" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
Categories:
- African-American history of Missouri
- African Methodist Episcopal churches in Missouri
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Churches completed in 1875
- National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
- Churches in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
- Churches in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- Southeast Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs