Ansonborough in Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Emanuel AME Church
110 Calhoun Street Constructed 1891
Photographed By Mike Stroud, December 29, 2011
1. Emanuel AME Church Marker
Inscription.
Emanuel AME Church. 110 Calhoun Street , Constructed 1891. The oldest African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church in the south, Emanuel A.M.E. Church was organized as Hampstead Free African church in 1818 by Rev. Morris Brown. After seceding from the Methodist Church, Charlestonians organized three churches that were named collectively the "Bethal Circuit". Rev. Brown and other African-American ministers then sought to have the Hampstead Free African Church affiliated with Rev. Richard Allen's African Church movement in Philadelphia. In 1865 Bethel Circuit acquired the present site on Boundry Street (now Calhoun Street) and constructed a wooden church under the direction of its minister, Richard Harvey Cain. The church was renamed "Emanuel" meaning "God with us". Emanuel A.M.E. has the oldest African-American congregation south of Baltimore.
The oldest African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church in the south, Emanuel A.M.E. Church was organized as
Hampstead Free African church in 1818 by Rev. Morris Brown. After seceding from the Methodist Church,
Charlestonians organized three churches that were named collectively the "Bethal Circuit". Rev. Brown and other African-American ministers then sought to have the Hampstead Free African Church affiliated with Rev. Richard Allen's African Church movement in Philadelphia. In 1865 Bethel Circuit acquired the present site on Boundry Street (now Calhoun Street) and constructed a wooden church under the direction of its minister, Richard Harvey Cain. The church was renamed "Emanuel" meaning "God with us". Emanuel A.M.E. has the oldest African-American congregation south of Baltimore.
Erected 1999 by Moja Arts Festival City of Charleston.
Location. 32° 47.242′ N, 79° 55.977′ W. Marker is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is in Ansonborough. Marker is on Calhoun Street
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. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 Calhoun Street, Charleston SC 29401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Emanuel AME Church Medallion, added 1970 - - #70000923
National Register of Historic Places:
Charleston Historic District
Emanuel AME Church
Photographed By Mike Stroud, December 29, 2011
3. Emanuel AME Church Marker, far right
Photographed By Mike Stroud, December 29, 2011
4. Emanuel AME Church seen along Calhoun Street
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 753 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 24, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.