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Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, colloquially Mother Emanuel, is a church in , founded in 1817. It is the oldest AME church in the ; founded the previous year in , Pennsylvania, AME was the first independent black denomination in the nation.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church in Charleston, South Carolina
  • Also known as: “Emanuel A.M.E. Church”
  • Address: 110 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Citadel Square Baptist Church and Gaillard Center.

Church
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Citadel Square Church was the fourth baptist church built in . The church began as an outgrowth of the when, in 1854, a dozen members sought permission to establish a new church for the upper peninsula.

Theater building
Photo: Muttnick, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a concert hall and performance venue in . It opened in 2015 and replaced the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. Both buildings were named after John Palmer Gaillard Jr., mayor of Charleston from 1959 to 1975. is situated 760 feet southeast of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Stadium
Photo: Ianmccor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 5,100 seat multi-purpose arena in , that opened in 2008 and replaced John Kresse Arena as the home of the College of Charleston Cougars basketball and volleyball teams. is situated 840 feet southwest of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wraggborough and Ansonborough.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

Photo: shankbone, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest and oldest city in the state of in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Latitude
32.7875° or 32° 47′ 15″ north
Longitude
-79.93309° or 79° 55′ 59″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Levels
3
Height
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3P8+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 355213464
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Geo­Names ID
4577751
Wiki­data ID
Q20155475
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church”
  • Chinese: “以馬內利非裔衛理公會教堂”
  • Chinese: “非洲裔循道聖公會以馬內利堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيسه الاسقفيه الميثوديه الافريقيه ايمانويل”
  • French: “église épiscopale méthodiste africaine Emanuel”
  • French: “Église épiscopale méthodiste africaine Emanuel”
  • German: “Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה האפריקנית מתודיסטית אפיסקופלית עמנואל”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה האפריקנית מתודיסטית-אפיסקופלית עמנואל”
  • Japanese: “エマニュエル・アフリカン・アメジスト・エピスコパル教会”
  • Japanese: “エマニュエル・アフリカン・メソジスト監督教会”
  • Korean: “이매뉴얼 아프리칸 감리교회”
  • Russian: “африканская методистская епископальная церковь Эмануэль”
  • Slovenian: “afriška metodistična episkopalna cerkev Emanuel”
  • Swedish: “Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church”. Photo: Cal Sr, CC BY 2.0.