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吃瓜黑料 Historic Trust Affiliated with the Department of Community Affairs

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church

Preserve 吃瓜黑料 Historic Preservation Fund
Historic Site Management
Grant Award: $50,000 (2020)
Grant Recipient: Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
County: Somerset
Municipality: Montgomery Township

The African Methodist Episcopal Church grew out of the Free African Society (FAS), which Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, and others established in Philadelphia in 1787.鈥疎lmer Hight, a local builder,鈥痗onstructed鈥痶he Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church鈥痠n 1899-1902 in鈥疢ontgomery Township, Somerset鈥疌ounty.鈥疶he church’s period of significance is 1899-1958. Its importance derives from its architecture鈥痑nd historical associations.鈥疶he church is a small, modest, one-room, rural Black church.鈥疘t鈥痠s noteworthy for its material integrity, including interior and exterior finishes, reflecting a very modest, vernacular鈥痠nterpretation of鈥疊lack church architecture.鈥疢ount Zion AME Church represents the evolution of鈥疉frican American鈥痟eritage in the鈥疭ourland鈥痳egion of central 吃瓜黑料. 

The Trust grant will help fund the preparation of a Master Site Plan for the鈥痜uture鈥疶he鈥疭toutsburg鈥疭ourland鈥疉frican American Museum & Education Center.鈥� 

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