Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Where lots of people go...

Living in the deep south (or at least the buckle of the Bible Belt) we have a standing acceptance that most people will be going to church on a Sunday morning.


Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located on Craigmont Street, Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922 by descendants of freed slaves, and is a one-story, frame building with Gothic Revival design influences. It is sheathed in weatherboard and features a tall, pyramidal-roof bell tower.[2]
This church may have always been called "Thomas Chapel", but a predecessor "Tom's Chapel", named for one of its builders, was built around 1892.[2]:12
It was deemed locally significant as an intact example of a Gothic Revival-influenced church and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1][2]

 


The brick church, known as Thomas Chapel AME Zion Church, is on W. College St., about a quarter mile from the original Thomas Chapel.
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6 comments:

  1. AnvilcloudAugust 14, 2019 at 7:29 AM

    I would make a very poor southerner. :)

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    1. Barbara RogersAugust 14, 2019 at 9:32 AM

      But just look where you were Sunday morning! Beautiful nature.

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  2. eileeninmdAugust 14, 2019 at 8:01 AM

    Hello, I was raised Catholic and must say now I am steadfast church goer. I can pray anywhere! Have a happy day!

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  3. William KendallAugust 14, 2019 at 11:59 AM

    The simplicity of these appeals to me.

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    1. Barbara RogersAugust 14, 2019 at 12:50 PM

      Yes, people who could build these churches probably went to them too.

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