Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 75000032 | Built 1854 (1854), 1892-1894 Added to NRHP 5 September 1975 | |
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Location 200 S. 6th St., Richmond, Indiana Architectural style Classical Revival, Romanesque | ||
Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The congregation was founded in 1836. The church was built in 1854, and enlarged and remodeled in the Romanesque Revival style in 1892-1894. It is a one-story, cruciform plan, brick building with a 2 1/2-story bell tower. The church served as the educational, political, and cultural center for the local African-American community.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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Bethel A.M.E. Church (Richmond, Indiana) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA