Johnson's Chapel AME Church

LocationE. High St., Springfield, Kentucky

Coordinates37°41′3″N 85°13′0″W / 37.68417°N 85.21667°W / 37.68417; -85.21667

Arealess than one acre

Built1872; 153 years ago (1872)

Johnson's Chapel AME Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	E. High St., Springfield, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°41′3″N 85°13′0″W / 37.68417°N 85.21667°W / 37.68417; -85.21667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1872; 153 years ago (1872)
Built by	McElroy, Wilse
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Washington County MRA
NRHP reference No.	88003396[1]
Added to NRHP	February 10, 1989

Johnson's Chapel AME Church, a historic church on E. High Street in Springfield, Kentucky, was built in 1872 and added to the National Register in 1989.^[1]

Church member and builder Wilse McElroy constructed the building for a congregation formed before the Civil War. The site was deemed significant "as an important example of late 19th c. Gothic architecture" and "as an important local black history site with important associations."^[2]

The original Johnson's Chapel AME Church building appears no longer to exist. The First Baptist Church of Springfield occupies its former site.