364 Shofner Bridge Rd., Shelbyville, Tennessee. County/parish: Bedford.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 17, 1997. NRIS 97001231.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Three term (1939–45) Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper (1895–1969) is buried there.
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