Georgetown in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Prospect A.M.E. Church

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

1. Prospect A.M.E. Church Marker

Inscription. The roots of African-American Methodism in this community can be traced to the organization of a black “class” within the local Methodist society in the 1790’s. By the 1830’s a group of residents had affiliated themselves with Bishop Richard Allen’s African Methodist Episcopal Church. On November 13, 1839, trustees Moses Robinson, Timothy Jacobs, Curtis Jacobs, George Ratcliff, and Isaac Waples, purchased land for the construction of a church and establishment of a cemetery. The original structure was replaced by the present church circa 1867. For many years Prospect A.M.E. was the site of one of the few schools for African-American youth in Sussex County.

Erected 1996 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-107.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and the Delaware Public Archives series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is November 13, 1839.

Location. 38° 41.457′ N, 75° 22.823′ W. Marker is in Georgetown, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is on West Railroad Avenue near East Adams Street, on the left when traveling north

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. Located at E Adams and Chestnut Streets intersection with West Railroad Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Georgetown DE 19947, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grace United Methodist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Academy / Masonic Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Richard Allen School (approx. ¼ mile away); Joseph T. Adams House (approx. ¼ mile away); Sussex County Courthouse (approx. ¼ mile away); Sussex County World War II Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Women's Suffrage in Delaware (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Georgetown.

Prospect A.M.E. Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

2. Prospect A.M.E. Church

Prospect A.M.E. Church Marker, looking north along West Railroad Ave at Adams and Chestnut Streets image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

3. Prospect A.M.E. Church Marker, looking north along West Railroad Ave at Adams and Chestnut Streets

Prospect A.M.E. Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 17, 2011

4. Prospect A.M.E. Church and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 862 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 16, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.