African Meeting House [SEP] architect
published by Boston architect Asher Benjamin. In addition to its religious and educational activities, the meeting house became a place for celebrations and political and anti-slavery meetings. The African Meeting House was remodeled by the congregation in the 1850s.
See also.
- List of museums focused on African Americans
- Thomas Paul
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston
- National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts
- Thomas Dalton
- James George Barbadoes
- Twelfth Baptist Church, Boston
a house of worship until the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends departed in 1905. The local African American community used the building as a community center until the 1970s when architect Orin M. Bullock restored the building, and in 1971 its owner Mrs. Sydney L. Wright donated the structure to the Newport Historical Society.
See also.
- List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island
- Oldest churches in the United States
- Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery
External links.
- Newport Historical Society meeting house website