Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
Church building and congregation in Pennsylvania, United States of America
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The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is an historic church and congregation which is located at 419 South 6th Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The congregation, founded in 1794, is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal congregation in the nation.
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| Location | 419 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′36″N 75°09′07″W / 39.94332°N 75.15186°W / 39.94332; -75.15186 |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001166[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
| Designated PHMC | March 19, 1991[2] |
Its present church, completed in 1890, is the oldest church property in the United States to be continuously owned by African Americans.[3] It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^ "Redirection of: Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church". www.ushistory.org.
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