PA-086 Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

Marker text: MOTHER BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH

Founded on ground purchased by Richard Allen in 1787, this congregation is the mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination. The present structure, erected in 1889, replaces three earlier churches on this site.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 2010

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Location: NE corner, S 6th & Lombard Sts., Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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