PA-044 St. Thomas African Episcopal Church

Marker text: ST. THOMAS' AFRICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Organized in 1792 as an outgrowth of the Free African Society, formed 1787. The original church edifice stood here. Under the ministry of the Rev. Absalom Jones (1746-1818), a former slave, this became the nation's first Black Episcopal church.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1984

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Location: SW corner, S 5th St. & St. James Ct., Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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