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- In the same year, land was purchased for a building. The African Meeting House, as it came to be commonly called, was completed the next year.
- The African Meeting House served as a religious, cultural, and political center for the community.
- Boston, Massachusetts African Meeting House, meetinghouse, built in 1806 and located at 46 Joy Street in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., that is the oldest...
- The African Meeting House, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a historic building with significant cultural and historical importance.
- It was one of four separate churches—two of which (including the African Meeting House) were Baptist and two.
- Dedicated in 1806, the African Meeting House is the Oldest African American Church and was the First African Baptist Church in the United States.
- The African Meeting House was built in 1806 by free black craftsmen to provide a space for religious worship and community gatherings.
- A National Trust Historic Site, The African Meeting House was built in 1806 and is the oldest existing black church building in the country built primarily by black...
- In 1806 free Blacks in Boston, led by Cato Gardner, raised $7,700 to enable Black craftsmen and laborers to build the African Meeting House.
- The African Meeting House holds the distinction of being the oldest existing African American church building in the United States.