Rue Chapel AME Church

Rue Chapel AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 709 Oak Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built in 1941, and is a rectangular brick church building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a gabled nave flanked by corner entrance towers. Also on the property is the contributing parsonage; a one-story, front-gable brick house of the American Craftsman style dated to the 1920s.[2]

Rue Chapel AME Church
Rue Chapel AME Church is located in North Carolina
Rue Chapel AME Church
Rue Chapel AME Church is located in the United States
Rue Chapel AME Church
Location709 Oak St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates35°6′39″N 77°3′0″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1941
ArchitectLewis, Joseph F.; Becton, Willie
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
MPSHistoric African American Churches in Craven County MPS
NRHP reference No.97000572[1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1997

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. M. Ruth Little (January 1997). "Rue Chapel AME Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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