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By Bill Pfingsten, December 15, 2010
Bishop Richard Allen Marker
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1 ► Delaware, Kent County, Dover, East Dover Hundred — K-43 — Bishop Richard Allen — Founder of the A.M.E. Church —
On Easr Loockerman Street at Federal Street, in the median on Easr Loockerman Street.
Richard Allen founded and became the first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816. Born into slavery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1760, Allen and his family were sold to a family near Dover in 1772. While there, . . . — — Map (db m39093) HM
2 ► Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Society Hill — Mother Bethel — 1791 — Old Philadelphia Congregations —
On South 6th Street at Addison Street, on the left when traveling south on South 6th Street.
Mother Bethel is the first African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in America, founded in 1791. Richard Allen (1760-1831), a former slave, was the founder, and later became the first bishop (1816) of the first African-American denomination in . . . — — Map (db m6840) HM
3 ► Virginia, Prince Edward County, Farmville — 27 — Beulah AME Church — Farmville, Virginia — Prince Edward County
On South Main Street (U.S. 15) at 4th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. Reported permanently removed.
Beulah African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was founded in 1868. Originally, it was known as The Colored Methodist Church of Farmville. The original wooden-framed building was destroyed, by fire in 1898. The cornerstone on the present . . . — — Map (db m31318) HM
4 ► Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Society Hill — Free African Society —
On South 6th Street, on the left when traveling south.
Established in 1787 under the leadership of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, this organization fostered identity, leadership, and unity among Blacks and became the forerunner of the first African-American churches in this city. — — Map (db m189077) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026