Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery is a historic Lutheran church near Shelbyville, Tennessee.

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Shelbyville, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°27′47″N 86°22′49″W
Area	5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built	1886
Architect	Shofner, Loton; Shofner, Jacob Morton
Architectural style	gable-front form
NRHP reference No.	97001231[1]
Added to NRHP	October 17, 1997

The church building was completed in 1886. Around 1976 it ceased being used as a church and was renamed "Jenkins Chapel." It is now maintained by a nonprofit religious organization that was established to preserve the building and grounds.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

See also

• Shofner's Lutheran Chapel

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Reeves, Mary (May 30, 2008). "Shofner's Chapel celebrates bicentennial". Shelbyville Times-Gazette.

External links

• Jenkins Chapel Cemetery at Find a Grave