Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic Methodist Episcopal Church at 2051 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. This High Victorian Gothic structure was built in 1873-74 for an Episcopal congregation, and has since 1926 been the home to the city's oldest African-American congregation, which was established in 1833.Photo: Grondemar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: metropolitanamezion@gmail.com
- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Hartford, United States of America
- Address: 2051 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06120
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Windsor Avenue Congregational Church and Union Baptist Church.
Windsor Avenue Congregational Church
Church
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Faith Congregational Church is a historic church at 2030 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. The brick Romanesque Revival-style church building, completed in 1872, now houses Faith Congregational Church, whose lineage includes the city's oldest African-American congregation, established in 1819.
Union Baptist Church
Church
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The Union Baptist Church is a historic church at 1913 and 1921 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Originally built by an Episcopal congregation, it has for many years been home to an African-American Baptist congregation, which under the leadership of Rev. Union Baptist Church is situated 630 feet south of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
Spring Grove Cemetery
Cemetery
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Spring Grove Cemetery is a cemetery on Main Street in the Clay-Arsenal neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut. Established in 1845, it is one of the city's oldest cemeteries, and its first private non-sectarian cemetery. Spring Grove Cemetery is situated 970 feet west of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Widows’ Home and Capen-Clark Historic District.
Widows’ Home
Locality
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The Widows' Home is a historic social service facility at 1846-1860 North Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1864–65, its buildings are among the oldest in the city's North End, and a rare surviving example of a mid-19th-century facility for indigent women.
Capen-Clark Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Capen-Clark Historic District encompasses a residential neighborhood area in the North End of Hartford, Connecticut. Centered on Capen Street between Main and Enfield Streets, it contains a cross-section of post-Civil War Victorian vernacular housing styles, and shows in its development patterns the ebb and flow of the city's economy between about 1865 and 1910.
Clay Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Clay Hill Historic District in Hartford, Connecticut is a 60-acre historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and expanded in 1984.
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Categories: building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Town of Hartford, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.7827° or 41° 46′ 58″ northLongitude
-72.67631° or 72° 40′ 35″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Inception
1873Open location code
87H9Q8MF+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 913724630OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesGeoNames ID
4838570Wikidata ID
Q6824968
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