Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery
Nearest city Shelbyville, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°27′47″N 86°22′49″W / 35.46306°N 86.38028°W / 35.46306; -86.38028Coordinates: 35°27′47″N 86°22′49″W / 35.46306°N 86.38028°W / 35.46306; -86.38028
Area 5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built 1886
Architect Shofner, Loton; Shofner, Jacob Morton
Architectural style gable-front form
NRHP Reference # 97001231[1]
Added to NRHP October 17, 1997

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery is a historic Lutheran church near Shelbyville, Tennessee.

The church building was completed in 1886. Around 1976 it ceased being used as a church and was renamed "Jenkins Chapel." It is now maintained by a nonprofit religious organization that was established to preserve the building and grounds.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Reeves, Mary (May 30, 2008). "Shofner's Chapel celebrates bicentennial". Shelbyville Times-Gazette.

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