Butler Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church | |
Location | 407 Oglesby St., Greenville, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 31°49′25″N 86°37′30″W / 31.82361°N 86.62500°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1913 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, High Victorian Eclectic |
MPS | Greenville MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86001755 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 4, 1986 |
Designated ARLH | January 31, 1979 [2] |
Butler Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church built in 1913, and located in Greenville, Alabama. It was one of three significant meeting places for African-Americans living in Greenville during the early-20th century. [3]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [3]
This building was a replacement for the original 1867 church structure which had burned down on April 19, 1911. [3] Butler Chapel had served a wide-ranging role as the neighborhood center of economic and social development for many people, including serving as the first African-American school in the city. [3]