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Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Nearest city	Greenback, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°38′58″N 84°10′22″W / 35.64944°N 84.17278°W / 35.64944; -84.17278
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architectural style	gable front form
MPS	Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee MPS
NRHP reference No.	01000256
Added to NRHP	March 12, 2001

Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church is a historic church in Greenback, Tennessee.

Craigs Chapel is one of several historic African-American churches in rural Tennessee that had a black school and a cemetery located alongside the church, on the same plot of land. The church was built in 1896 and was followed by an elementary school in 1899 and the cemetery in 1903.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Historic Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee, 1850 -1970". National Park Service. 1999.
3. Stoecker, Jen (2000). "Craigs Chapel AME Zion Church: history and property survey". Southern Places. Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University.

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