Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery

	Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Shelbyville, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°27′46″N 86°22′48″W / 35.46278°N 86.38000°W / 35.46278; -86.38000
Area	5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built	1886
Architect	Shofner, Loton; Shofner, Jacob Morton
Architectural style	gable-front form
NRHP reference No.	97001231
Added to NRHP	October 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]

References

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

External links

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery at Find a Grave
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jenkins Chapel Cemetery

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[nris-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.

[3] Tennessee Encyclopedia

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Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery
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Nearest city	Shelbyville, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°27′46″N 86°22′48″W / 35.46278°N 86.38000°W / 35.46278; -86.38000
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

Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery

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