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African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Historical Markers

This series is focused on markers related to the AME Church, a historically African American denomination in the Methodist tradition.

Note: This series is not about the AME Zion Church, which is a different denomination with its own history.
 
By David J Gaines, October 20, 2012
Aberfoil Community Marker, back
1 ► Alabama, Bullock County, Aberfoil — Aberfoil Community —
2 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Cahaba — Methodist Church —
3 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
4 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Campsite 1 — Selma to Montgomery Trail —
5 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — I Had A Dream — Dr. Martin L. King Jr. —
6 ► Alabama, Dallas County, Selma — Lewis Scott — A Quote from Lewis - "I See With Memory" —
7 ► Alabama, Elmore County, Wetumpka — Welton Blanton Doby High School — Elmore County —
8 ► Alabama, Escambia County, Pollard — Pollard Methodist Church —
9 ► Alabama, Houston County, Dothan — Cherry Street African Methodist Episcopal Church —
10 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Fountain Heights — C7 — St John AME Church and Day Care Center — Destination — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
11 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church — (Organized 1879 from earlier 1840 Congregation) —
12 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — 186 — W. C. Handy Birthplace — Mississippi Blues Trail —
13 ► Alabama, Lauderdale County, Florence — William Christopher Handy — Home-Museum-Library —
14 ► Alabama, Lowndes County, Lowndesboro — Campsite 3 — Selma to Montgomery Trail —
15 ► Alabama, Lowndes County, White Hall — Campsite 2 — Selma to Montgomery Trail —
16 ► Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee — 7 — Area Churches That Hosted Important Civil Rights Meetings — The Tuskegee Civil Rights and Historic Trail — Reported missing
17 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Campsite 4 — Selma to Montgomery Trail —
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18 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — 5 — Highway Construction Destroys Historic Black Neighborhoods — The Cloverleaf beneath Interstates 65 and 85 — Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail —
19 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Rosa Parks Returns to St. Paul AME / Rosa Parks's Faith Guided Her Life —
20 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Rosa Parks Statue —
21 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — St. Paul A.M.E. Church —
22 ► Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — Allen Temple A.M.E. Church / Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church —
23 ► Alabama, Russell County, Seale — St. Peter A.M.E. Church Cemetery — Russell County —
24 ► Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, Eastlake Park — Eastlake Park —
25 ► California, Sacramento County, Sacramento, Alkali Flat — 1013 — Site of First African Methodist Episcopal Church on the Pacific Coast —
26 ► California, Sacramento County, Sacramento, East Sacramento — Daniel Blue — 1811 - 1899 — In Memory of —
27 ► Delaware, Kent County, Camden, North Murderkill Hundred — KC-133 — Brinkley Hill —
28 ► Delaware, Kent County, Camden, North Murderkill Hundred — K-50 — Star Hill A.M.E. Church —
29 ► Delaware, Kent County, Camden, North Murderkill Hundred — KC-110 — Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church —
30 ► Delaware, Kent County, Clayton, Duck Creek Hundred — KC-112 — Byrd's African Methodist Episcopal Church —
31 ► Delaware, Kent County, Dover, East Dover Hundred — K-43 — Bishop Richard Allen — Founder of the A.M.E. Church —
32 ► Delaware, Kent County, Dover, East Dover Hundred — KC-107 — Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church —
33 ► Delaware, Kent County, Dover, East Dover Hundred — KC-132 — Site of Carlisle African Methodist Episcopal Church —
34 ► Delaware, Kent County, Harrington, Mispillion Hundred — KC-122 — St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church —
35 ► Delaware, Kent County, Milford, Milford Hundred — KC-111 — Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church —
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36 ► Delaware, Kent County, Smyrna, Duck Creek Hundred — K-123 — Former site of Whitehall Plantation —
37 ► Delaware, Kent County, Smyrna, Duck Creek Hundred — Richard Allen —
38 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Compton Village — NC-102 — Bethel A.M.E. Church —
39 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Compton Village — Wilmington Historic Trail —
40 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Frankford, Dagsboro Hundred — SC-93 — Antioch Camp Meeting —
41 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Georgetown, Georgetown Hundred — SC-107 — Prospect A.M.E. Church —
42 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Georgetown, Georgetown Hundred — SC-249 — Richard Allen School —
43 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes-Rehoboth Hundred — 4 — Shipbuilding — Lewes Maritime History Trail —
44 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes, Lewes-Rehoboth Hundred — SC-258 — St. George African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and Cemetery —
45 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Millsboro, Dagsboro Hundred — SC-102 — Dickerson Chapel A.M.E. Church —
46 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Rehoboth Beach, Lewes-Rehoboth Hundred — West Rehoboth — A Historic Legacy —
47 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Seaford, Broad Creek Hundred — SC-147 — Macedonia A.M.E. Church —
48 ► Delaware, Sussex County, Seaford, Broad Creek Hundred — SC-248 — Mt. Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church —
49 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eckington — Religious Organizations / Education —
50 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church —
51 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church — The National Cathedral of African Methodism —
52 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church —
53 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Metropolitan AME Church — 1518 M Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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54 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Judiciary Square — e.4 — Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum — Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington — Civil War to Civil Rights, Downtown Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
55 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Hemingway Temple A.M.E. Church —
56 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 2 — The True Reformer Building — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
57 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, U Street Corridor — 2 — The True Reformers Building — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail —
58 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Barry Farm — Campbell African Methodist Episcopal Church — 2562 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
59 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Buena Vista — 2 — Faith and Action — An East-of-the-River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —
60 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — Saint Paul African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) Church — 401 I Street SE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
61 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Woodland — Allen Chapel AME Church Stormwater Features —
62 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, Southwest Waterfront — 10 — Escape from Slavery — River Farms to Urban Towers — Southwest Heritage Trail — Reported missing
63 ► Florida, Brevard County, Melbourne — Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church —
64 ► Florida, Brevard County, Merritt Island — F-713 — Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Merritt Island & Community Cemetery — "White Lilly Cemetery" — 1892 —
65 ► Florida, Broward County, Hallandale Beach — Greater Ward Chapel — African Methodist Episcopal Church — Established 1902 —
66 ► Florida, Broward County, Pompano Beach — F-991 — The Pompano Colored School —
67 ► Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, Mid-Westside — F-790 — Centennial Hall Edward Waters College —
68 ► Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, Mid-Westside — Mid-Westside Jacksonville — Historic African-American Sites —
69 ► Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, Northside — F-448 — Abraham Lincoln Lewis Mausoleum —
70 ► Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, Urban Core — F-260 — "Mother" Midway A.M.E. Church —
71 ► Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, Urban Core — F-436 — Florida's First African-American Insurance Company — 1901-2001 —
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72 ► Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Downtown — Historic Harlem Academy / School #2 —
73 ► Florida, Indian River County, Wabasso — F-912 — Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church —
74 ► Florida, Jackson County, Marianna — F-920 — The West End Community —
75 ► Florida, Miami-Dade County, Coconut Grove — Churches —
76 ► Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, Coconut Grove — Charles Avenue —
77 ► Florida, Monroe County, Key West, Bahama Village — 94 — Bethel AME Church — Key West Art & Historical Society —
78 ► Florida, Palm Beach County, Delray Beach — City of Delray Beach —
79 ► Florida, Palm Beach County, Delray Beach — Delray History —
80 ► Florida, Palm Beach County, Jupiter — F-890 — L.M. Davis Elementary School —
81 ► Florida, Pasco County, Dade City — Dade City Cemetery —
82 ► Florida, Pasco County, Dade City — Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church —
83 ► Florida, Pasco County, Land O' Lakes — Ehren African American Community / Mount Carmel Church And Cemetery —
84 ► Florida, Pinellas County, Dunedin — Dunedin's African-American Community —
85 ► Florida, Polk County, Bartow — PCHC-026 — Union Academy High School — 1897-1969 —
86 ► Florida, Polk County, Winter Haven — F-605 — Historic Pughsville Neighborhood —
87 ► Florida, Sarasota County, Sarasota — First Black Community —
88 ► Florida, Seminole County, Casselberry — Evergreen Cemetery —
89 ► Florida, Seminole County, Oviedo — Jamestown —
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90 ► Florida, Seminole County, Sanford — Georgetown —
91 ► Florida, Seminole County, Sanford — St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church — Erected - 1910-1913 — 819 Cypress Avenue —
92 ► Florida, St. Johns County, St. Augustine — St. Paul A.M.E. Church — 85 Central Ave. — Lincolnville —
93 ► Florida, St. Johns County, St. Augustine, Historic District — 33 Bernard Street — ACCORD Freedom Trail —
94 ► Florida, St. Johns County, St. Augustine, Lincolnville — 81 Bridge Street — ACCORD Freedom Trail —
95 ► Florida, St. Johns County, St. Augustine, Lincolnville — 84 St. Benedict Street — ACCORD Freedom Trail —
96 ► Florida, Suwannee County, Live Oak — F-955 — Edward Waters College Original Site —
97 ► Florida, Volusia County, Daytona Beach — Mount Zion AME Church — 449 South Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard — Black Heritage Trail  —
98 ► Florida, Volusia County, DeLeon Springs — F-930 — DeLeon Springs Colored School —
99 ► Georgia, Athens-Clarke County, Athens — First African Methodist Episcopal Church — Athens African American Heritage Pathway —
100 ► Georgia, Athens-Clarke County, Athens — 29-3 — Louis H. Persley — (1888-1932) —

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