Built 1869 Opened 1869 Phone +1 251-438-5141 | NRHP Reference # 87000853 Area 404.7 m² Added to NRHP 29 May 1987 | |
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Location 656 Saint Michael Street
Mobile, Alabama, United States Address 654 St Michael St, Mobile, AL 36602, USA Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Washington Firehouse No 5, St Louis Street Missionar, Carlen House, Mobile City Hospital, Stone Street Baptist C | ||
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African American church in Mobile, Alabama. Emanuel AME began when church trustees purchased a vacant lot for their church in 1869, as African Americans in Mobile established their own congregations following the American Civil War. The trustees completed a frame building in that same year. The frame building was altered in 1881 when James F. Hutchisson, a locally prominent white architect, was hired to design a new facade. The existing building was faced in brick and the facade was redesigned in the Gothic Revival style. This made Emanuel AME Church comparable to white churches in the city and superior to both African American and white rural churches of the period. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1987, due to its architectural and historic significance.