Quinn Chapel AME Church
Quinn Chapel AME Church, also known as Quinn Chapel of the A.M.E. Church, houses Chicago's first African-American congregation, formed by seven individuals as a nondenominational prayer group that met in the house of a member in 1844.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church”
- Address: 2401 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chess Records and Mercy Hospital and Medical Center.
Chess Records
Museum
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Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947. Chess Records is situated 1,700 feet north of Quinn Chapel AME Church.
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Hospital
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Insight Hospital and Medical Center, formerly Mercy Hospital and Medical Center is a 414-bed general medical and surgical Catholic teaching hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Quinn Chapel AME Church.
Soldier Field
Stadium
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Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears from the National Football League since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer from 1998 to 2006 and since 2020. Soldier Field is situated 1 mile northeast of Quinn Chapel AME Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgeport-Chinatown and Near South.
Bridgeport-Chinatown
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Bridgeport-Chinatown is the South Side at its most dynamic, as the old South Side Irish neighborhood of the Daleys increasingly blends with the old Chinese immigrant community to the north.
Near South
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The Near South is the home of several of Chicago's main attractions: the splendid Museum Campus, with three world-class natural science museums on the lakefront; Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears; and McCormick Place, the city's massive convention center.
Armour Square
Suburb
Quinn Chapel AME Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.84908° or 41° 50′ 57″ northLongitude
-87.62508° or 87° 37′ 30″ westElevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
86HJR9XF+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 210538347OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchGeoNames ID
4907017Wikidata ID
Q7272261
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- Portuguese: “Igreja Quinn Chapel AME”
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