Portsmouth's African Methodist Episcopal Church on Fifth Street

ID: 683 ~ Source: Henry A. Lorberg Scrapbook Volume 1, Local History Department, Portsmouth Public Libary, Portsmouth, Ohio. https://www.yourppl.org/history/items/show/21273

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Portsmouth's African Methodist Episcopal Church on Fifth Street

This brick house of worship was constructed in 1844 by Portsmouth's African Methodist Episcopal Church on the north side of Fifth Street, between Court and Market. The members met here until 1868, when the society purchased Spencer Chapel from the German Methodists and moved to Seventh Street.

This file appears in: Portsmouth's African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Underground Railroad

Portsmouth's African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Underground Railroad

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.

Portsmouth's African Methodist Episcopal Church (Allen Chapel - AME) is the city's oldest Black religious society. In March 1837, "Father Charleston" organizd the church in the "Old Wheeler Academy," which was located on the southwest corner of…