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African Meeting House

  • Also Known As: First African Baptist Church also African Baptist Church Society
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Activity Category: Tour
  • Available for private functions


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African Meeting House
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1806/12/06 Mostly built with Negro labor, the African Meeting House is dedicated in Boston.
1831/01/01 Joshua Coffin Recording Secretary The New England Anti-Slavery Society holds its founding meeting in the vestry of the Belknap Street Church in Boston.
1843/03/23 Joshua Coffin Abolitionist There would be a meeting in Belknap Street Church on Thursday evening March 23 at the usual house, at which Joshua Coffin will give a narrative of his recent tour of the South with numerous anecdotes of self-emancipated slaves! A collection will be taken
1860/12/03 Frederick Douglass Abolitionists Frederick Douglass ask listeners to present ideas for the best way of prosecuting the slavery movement, including war and peaceful means.
1863/02/00 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Robert Gould Shaw recruits for 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
1863/02/00 Robert Gould Shaw Union commander Robert Gould Shaw recruits for 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
1972/00/00 The Museum of African American History acquires the African Meeting House in Boston.

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Particulars for African Meeting House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style Federal Style
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 71000087
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Federal
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Black, Architecture, Religion, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1800-1824, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1806, c 1900
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Work in progress
Current Sub-Function: Museum

Activities »

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