Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery
Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery is located in Tennessee
Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery
Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery is located in the United States
Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery
Nearest cityShelbyville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°27′46″N 86°22′48″W / 35.46278°N 86.38000°W / 35.46278; -86.38000
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built1886
ArchitectShofner, Loton; Shofner, Jacob Morton
Architectural stylegable-front form
NRHP reference No.97001231[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 1997

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

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]

Three term (1939–45) Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper (1895–1969) is buried there.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  3. ↑ Tennessee Encyclopedia


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