Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a church in Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is situated nearby to Saint Lukes Episcopal Church, as well as near the suburb Dixwell.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Lukes Episcopal Church and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Saint Lukes Episcopal Church

Church

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 111-113 Whalley Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Built in 1905 for a congregation founded in 1844, it is a good example of late Gothic Revival architecture, and is further notable as the second church in the city established as an African-American congregation.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Library

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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Yale Center for British Art

Art gallery

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The Yale Center for British Art at Yale University in central New Haven, Connecticut, United States, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. Yale Center for British Art is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dixwell and Dwight Street Historic District.

Dixwell

Suburb

Dixwell is a neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. Named for Dixwell Avenue, the main thoroughfare of the neighborhood which in turn was named for regicide judge John Dixwell, it is situated generally northwest of and adjacent to Downtown New Haven.

Dwight Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Dwight Street Historic District is an irregularly shaped 135-acre historic district in New Haven, Connecticut. The district is located immediately West of the Center of Downtown New Haven and is generally bounded by Elm Street on the North, Park Street on the east, North Frontage Road on the south, and Sherman Avenue on the West.

Chapel Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Chapel Street Historic District is a 23-acre historic district in the Downtown New Haven area of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Type: Church
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.3147° or 41° 18′ 53″ north

Longitude

-72.93515° or 72° 56′ 7″ west

Elevation

62 feet (19 metres)

Open location code

87H98377+VW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 239706990

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

4842879

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