{"nrhp_refnum":"84001717","name":"Reedy Chapel-AME Church","other_names":["Reedy Chapel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2013 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Galveston","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.300381498000036,"lon":-94.78887682899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a stuccoed brick Gothic Revival church at 2013 Broadway in Galveston, Texas, built in 1886 after an earlier church on the site burned in 1885.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as deeply rooted in Galveston's Black community and the home of the oldest African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Texas. It is the second church on a site acquired in 1848 for Black Methodists, and it survived the 1900 hurricane. It is also noted for its restrained Gothic Revival design and an 1872 Hook pipe organ.","narrative":"Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a stuccoed brick church at 2013 Broadway in Galveston, built in 1886 in a restrained Gothic Revival style. Its features include a corner bell tower with a pyramidal roof, heavy square piers along the side walls, lancet windows with stained glass, and an open timber-truss ceiling. Inside is an 1872 organ made by E. & G.G. Hook of Boston, originally installed in Trinity Episcopal Church in Galveston and bought by the congregation in 1912. The site was acquired in 1848 by white trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church as a meeting place for Black members. A frame church stood by 1863 and burned in 1885. The brick church replaced it and was named for the first pastor, Houston Reedy. The congregation is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Texas and counted prominent Black Galvestonians among its members. The building was repaired after the 1900 and 1915 hurricanes and still serves its congregation.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use on its original site by a congregation of over 350 members; condition described as good with the integrity of the structure mainly intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.068851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/9720/40972032/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001717.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001717/4b573c8880-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001717/4b573c8880-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reedy_Chapel_A._M._E._Church,_Galveston,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reedy_Chapel_A._M._E._Church,_Galveston,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972032","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Chapel_A.M.E._Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7306766"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/reedy-chapel-ame-church-84001717/"}