Crawfordsville’s Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 2018
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Crawfordsville’s Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 2018
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Description
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Founded in 1834, the Bethel AME Church was the first Black congregation known to have organized in Montgomery County. The Church’s first building was built in 1847 and served as a refuge station on the Underground Railroad. The current building was built in 1892 and believed to have incorporated the original building. The Bethel AME Church building is one of the oldest in-operation church buildings in Indiana.
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Date
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2018
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Bibliographic Citation
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Robert T. Ramsay, Jr. Archival Center, Lilly Library, Wabash College.
