| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1793/00/00 | Richard Allen | Vocation | After a split with Absalom Jones on the question of the denomination of the new church, Alien establishes the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. | |||
| 1793/09/00 | Richard Allen | Vocation | The Free African Society form a paramedical staff which will save 200-300 lives during the yellow fever epidemic. Answering Dr Rush's plea for help, the Society provided all medical and health services from nursing the sick to burial of the dead. | 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic | ||
| 1794/07/29 | Dr Benjamin Rush | Vocation | Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia is dedicated. Richard Allen established the congregation with the assistance of Dr Benjamin Rush. | |||
| 1817/01/00 | Richard Allen | Life | Richard Allen host a meeting at Bethal opposing the American Colonization Society scheme to resettle free blacks from the United States to Sierra Leone in West Africa. | |||
| 1831/03/31 | Richard Allen | In Memoriam | The funeral for Bishop Richard Allen is held on the day in March. Allen's tomb is in the crypt Mother Bethel AME Church near a museum that holds his bible, pulpit and other historical items. | |||
| 1889/00/00 | The current, and fourth, Bethel AME church building on the site is erected in 1889, and dedicated in 1890. | |||||
| 1920/00/00 | Henry O Tanner | Artist | Henry O Tanner creates a bas relief of Bishop Richard Allen for the Bethal AME Church. | |||
| 1924/00/00 | Raymond Pace Alexander | Lawyer | Raymond Pace Alexander represents Henry Tanner, in his legal suit against the Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia regarding nonpayment for a bust of Richard Allen. | |||
| 1953/00/00 | The word "Mother" was added to the Bethel AME's name and women are allowed to participate in the business of the church corporation for the first time. |
| Particulars for Mother Bethel AME Church: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Cultural Affiliation | Black American |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Architectural Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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