Newtown Historic District

921 W Beverley St

Allen Chapel - African Methodist Episcopal Church, Ca. 1865

FrameContributes to the historic character of the district

1865
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From the National Register nomination

Stucco (over original frame); 2 stories; gable roof with twin side towers; 3 bays; no porch. Vernacular, Ca. 1865 and remodeled in 1924. Entrance in central bay. Battlemented twin towers. Gothic tracery in round-arched and pointed arched windows. Reportedly, the oldest Black congregation in Staunton, organized 1865, Remodeled by T. J. Collins & Son, Architects.

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  • T. J. Collins & Son architect in 1924 (Remodeled by)

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