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Poplar Chapel AME Church

Coordinates: 32°23′55″N 91°50′2″W / 32.39861°N 91.83389°W / 32.39861; -91.83389
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Poplar Chapel AME Church
Poplar Chapel AME Church is located in Louisiana
Poplar Chapel AME Church
Poplar Chapel AME Church is located in the United States
Poplar Chapel AME Church
LocationLouisiana Highway 135, southwest of Rayville, Louisiana
Coordinates32°23′55″N 91°50′2″W / 32.39861°N 91.83389°W / 32.39861; -91.83389
Arealess than one acre
Built1903
NRHP reference No.89000475[1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1989

Poplar Chapel AME Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Rayville, Louisiana. Located on Louisiana Highway 135, it was built in 1903. It was added to the National Register in 1989.[1]

It was a four bay basilica style church with vaguely Queen Anne Revival and Romanesque Revival style influences. It was deemed notable "as a rare survivor of a vernacular archetype".[2]

However, the chapel has been destroyed.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Poplar Chapel AME Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. with two photos and two maps
  3. ^ "Poplar Chapel AME Church DESTROYED".