Bethel AME Church - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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Original torn down for Civic Arena; “new” church built in 1959 in Middle Hill
The first AME church west of the Allegheny Mountains, Bethel AME was organized in 1818 in a downtown home by three freedman, James Coleman, George Coleman, and Abraham Lewis, in an alley near the "Way House" between Third and Fourth Avenue near Smithfield Street. It housed the first school for blacks in Pittsburgh. The congregation moved to Wylie Avenue and Elm after the second church downtown was burned in the fire of 1845. A new structure was built in 1906. The church also sponsored the Arnett Literary Society, a black literary club, and owned Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
The first AME church west of the Allegheny Mountains, Bethel AME was organized in 1818 in a downtown home by three freedman, James Coleman, George Coleman, and Abraham Lewis, in an alley near the "Way House" between Third and Fourth Avenue near Smithfield Street. It housed the first school for blacks in Pittsburgh. The congregation moved to Wylie Avenue and Elm after the second church downtown was burned in the fire of 1845. A new structure was built in 1906. The church also sponsored the Arnett Literary Society, a black literary club, and owned Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
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