Allen Chapel AME Church (Fort Worth, Texas)
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| Location | 116 Elm St., Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 32°45′32″N 97°19′38″W / 32.75889°N 97.32722°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Pittman, William Sidney; Reed, William & Sons |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Other, Tudor Gothic |
| Website | allenchapelfw |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000169[1] |
| RTHL No. | 124 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1984 |
| Designated RTHL | 1983 |
Allen Chapel AME Church is a historic church at the corner of First Street and Elm Street in Fort Worth, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
The Tudor Gothic Revival building was designed by noted African-American architect William Sidney Pittman, son-in-law of Booker T. Washington. When the church was completed in 1914, it sat 1,350 people. It was named after Richard Allen, a former slave and African-American minister who was the first bishop of the African-American Methodist Episcopal Church. Built at a cost of $20,000 it is the oldest and largest African Methodist Episcopal church in Fort Worth. The church established the first private schools for African-Americans. A pipe organ was installed in 1923. In 2011 lightning hit the church's bell tower causing extensive damage.[2]
