629 E. 11th St.-Allen Chapel of the AME Church, 1979

Description:	On slide mount: Allen Chapel, 629 E. 11th St., Sep. 79 Yes Allen Chapel of the AME Church629 E. 11th Street1927-29In 1925, the Reverend W. B. Shannon became the 24th pastor of the Allen Chapel of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. A native of Barbados, British West Indies, the Reverend Shannons childhood dream of constructing a new church became a reality during his pastorship at this parish. After the congregation resolved to construct a new building on this site, groundbreaking ceremonies were held on June 26, 1927. On March 4, 1929, the new building was dedicated by Bishop W. T. Vernon.The church has two primary facades, the one on 11th Street, featuring a three-bay, central pavilion, and the one on Broadway, a projecting entrance bay with free-standing brick piers. Constructed of cinder block with steel frame, the veneer is red, wire-cut brick with color matched mortar, accented by limestone trim. The large stained glass windows form window walls around the building; the tracery of intersecting, pointed arches is worked into the round arch window form. Above a pressed metal cornice, a parapet rises, with triangular forms over the doorway bays bearing stone crosses.Chatham-Arch Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1982 church
Origin:	1979-09
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/1116
Collection:	Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Geography:	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.76838, -86.15804
Subjects:	Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Shannon, W. B. Vernon, W. T. Gothic Revival brick stone keystones parapets tracery

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