Coffin Shop

Coffin Shop
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	McKee and Monroe Sts., Gainesville, Alabama
Coordinates	32°49′17″N 88°9′28″W / 32.82139°N 88.15778°WCoordinates: 32°49′17″N 88°9′28″W / 32.82139°N 88.15778°W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Shotgun Plan
MPS	Gainesville MRA
NRHP Reference #	85002930[1]
Added to NRHP	October 29, 1985

The Coffin Shop, also known as the Kring Carpenter Shop, is a historic commercial building in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The one-story wood-frame structure was built by Edward N. Kring between 1860 and 1870 as an auxiliary space to his carpenter shop, which originally stood next door. It is a simple gable-fronted structure, with a shotgun plan interior. The exterior features a clapboard-sided front, with a scalloped bargeboard trim on the gable. The other external walls are covered in board and batten siding.^[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1985.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Coffin Shop" (PDF). National Park Service. March 18, 2000. Retrieved September 5, 1985. Check date values in: |access-date= (help) See also: "Accompanying photos" (PDF).