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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Vicksburg, Mississippi)

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Area
  
less than one acre

MPS
  
Vicksburg MPS

Opened
  
1912

Phone
  
+1 601-636-5777

Added to NRHP
  
30 July 1992

Built
  
1912

NRHP Reference #
  
92000858

Architectural style
  
Romanesque architecture

Function
  
Church

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Vicksburg, Mississippi)

Location
  
805 Monroe St., Vicksburg, Mississippi

Address
  
805 Monroe St, Vicksburg, MS 39183, USA

Similar
  
Church of the Holy Trinity, Warren County Old Courthouse, Anchuca, Vicksburg National Military P, Mississippi Museum of Natural S

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church located at 805 Monroe Street in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The church's congregation was established in 1864, making it the first A.M.E. church in the state. Its first church was a preexisting church building built in 1828; this was demolished to make way for the present building, which was completed in 1912. The church has a Romanesque Revival design with an auditorium plan, a common style for church buildings built in Mississippi at the time. The building features a four-story tower on the north side topped by a crenellated pyramid roof, stained glass rose windows on three sides, and a cross gabled roof with a corbelled parapet.

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1992.

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Vicksburg, Mississippi) Wikipedia