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Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
311 Mill Street, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
Text by Caneta Hankins and Carroll Van West
Photos by Carroll Van West
1999
Built in 1925, the National Register-listed Campbell Chapel AME Church is essentially a
Gothic Revival-influenced building of irregular, though sophisticated and well-executed
design, with a stone foundation and asphalt shingle roof.
From the west fa9ade, the building is a graduated three-tiered edifice comprised of a
prominent gable front section, a side tower with steeple, and a hip-roofed portion
covering original classrooms, restrooms, and pastor's office. The three original sections
were built in 1925 using uncoursed, but smoothly finished cut stone. The core of the
building, housing the sanctuary, is in the foreground . It is a slightly-pitched gable-front
with three bays and return box cornices. Two Gothic windows, over-over-one with
pointed one-light pane and arched stone surround, flank a larger central bay. This pair
pairs windows of the same configuration, but with the addition of a small central-inverted
triangle light, which evolves the shape to a Romanesque arch with corresponding stone
surround and keystone. Flanking the central bay are projecting stone pilasters capped
with a single stone and rising to the same height of the window surrounds. Similar
pilasters are at each corner of this wing. A stone string course runs the length of the
gable base. A rectangular vent, with decorative heart-shaped stones lain vertically to
either side, is situated in the center under the apex of the gable.
The south elevation of the sanctuary block also has three bays, all of the same
configuration as the central fa9ade bay. Here, two stone projecting pilasters separate
each window and appear at the southeast (rear) corner as well. On the south elevation,
the stone pilasters run from roof to the ground, interrupted by a string course marking
the rubble and ashlar stone foundation. Access to the partial basement is at the
southeast corner, covered by a wooden panel of unknown date.
The east elevation of the church has two symmetrical Gothic-influenced windows (which
are prominent features from the interior of the sanctuary). At the north corner of the
elevation is a c. 1970 concrete addition, for a fellowship hall, kitchen and a pastor's
study. The addition has an asphalt shingle gable roof and three symmetrical, doublehung
sash two-over-two windows. The basement of the addition is entered from a door
approached through a sunken walkway located at its southeast corner.
The main entrance to the church is from the north elevation of the sanctuary section .
The adjacent square stone tower with steeple has two one -over-one, double-hung sash
windows at street level; a string course; and rectangular openings, completely closed
with wood at an unknown date on each side. Both window openings have a stone lintel.
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| Title | CampbellChapel004 1 |
| Transcript | Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church 311 Mill Street, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee Text by Caneta Hankins and Carroll Van West Photos by Carroll Van West 1999 Built in 1925, the National Register-listed Campbell Chapel AME Church is essentially a Gothic Revival-influenced building of irregular, though sophisticated and well-executed design, with a stone foundation and asphalt shingle roof. From the west fa9ade, the building is a graduated three-tiered edifice comprised of a prominent gable front section, a side tower with steeple, and a hip-roofed portion covering original classrooms, restrooms, and pastor's office. The three original sections were built in 1925 using uncoursed, but smoothly finished cut stone. The core of the building, housing the sanctuary, is in the foreground . It is a slightly-pitched gable-front with three bays and return box cornices. Two Gothic windows, over-over-one with pointed one-light pane and arched stone surround, flank a larger central bay. This pair pairs windows of the same configuration, but with the addition of a small central-inverted triangle light, which evolves the shape to a Romanesque arch with corresponding stone surround and keystone. Flanking the central bay are projecting stone pilasters capped with a single stone and rising to the same height of the window surrounds. Similar pilasters are at each corner of this wing. A stone string course runs the length of the gable base. A rectangular vent, with decorative heart-shaped stones lain vertically to either side, is situated in the center under the apex of the gable. The south elevation of the sanctuary block also has three bays, all of the same configuration as the central fa9ade bay. Here, two stone projecting pilasters separate each window and appear at the southeast (rear) corner as well. On the south elevation, the stone pilasters run from roof to the ground, interrupted by a string course marking the rubble and ashlar stone foundation. Access to the partial basement is at the southeast corner, covered by a wooden panel of unknown date. The east elevation of the church has two symmetrical Gothic-influenced windows (which are prominent features from the interior of the sanctuary). At the north corner of the elevation is a c. 1970 concrete addition, for a fellowship hall, kitchen and a pastor's study. The addition has an asphalt shingle gable roof and three symmetrical, doublehung sash two-over-two windows. The basement of the addition is entered from a door approached through a sunken walkway located at its southeast corner. The main entrance to the church is from the north elevation of the sanctuary section . The adjacent square stone tower with steeple has two one -over-one, double-hung sash windows at street level; a string course; and rectangular openings, completely closed with wood at an unknown date on each side. Both window openings have a stone lintel. |
