Hood A.M.E. Zion Church

Hood African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in 1848 is an historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located in Oyster Bay, New York. It is the oldest continuous congregation holding services in its original church structure in Oyster Bay.
  • Type: Church
  • Description: church building in New York, United States of America
  • Also known as: Hood African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
  • Address: 137 South Street, Oyster Bay, NY 11771

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Earle-Wightman House and Raynham Hall Museum.

Museum
This house was originally built on South Street in Oyster Bay, New York, around 1720, as a small one-room dwelling. During the 19th century two successive Baptist ministers made their home here.

Museum
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Raynham Hall is in Oyster Bay, New York. Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner. is situated 510 feet northwest of Hood A.M.E. Zion Church.

Historic building
The is a historic house on West Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. The house was built in 1830 by Dr. Ebeneezer Seely who married Phebe Townsend in 1808. is situated 410 feet northwest of Hood A.M.E. Zion Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oyster Bay Cove and Cove Neck.

Village
is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in , on the North Shore of , in , United States. It is considered part of the Greater Oyster Bay area, which is anchored by Oyster Bay.

Hamlet
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is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in , on the North Shore of , in . As of the 2020 census, had a population of 293.

Village
is a village in the Town of Oyster Bay in , on the North Shore of , in , United States. The population was 1,054 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hood A.M.E. Zion Church.

Hood A.M.E. Zion Church

Latitude
40.87117° or 40° 52′ 16″ north
Longitude
-73.53081° or 73° 31′ 51″ west
Inception
1848
Open location code
87G8VFC9+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 565968235
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q5897420
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