St. James A.M.E. Church (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)

St. James A.M.E. Church

St. James A.M.E. Church, July 2014
Location 516 North St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Coordinates 37°18′34″N 89°31′26″W / 37.30944°N 89.52389°W / 37.30944; -89.52389Coordinates: 37°18′34″N 89°31′26″W / 37.30944°N 89.52389°W / 37.30944; -89.52389
Area Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1875 (1875), 1892
Architectural style center steeple church
NRHP Reference # 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 church located at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It built in 1875, and is a one-story, stucco-covered brick building with a rectangular plan and a front facing gable. 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

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 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.


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