The African Meeting House museum sign, Smith Street, Black Heritage Trail, Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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Maurice Savage / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5184 x 3456 px | 43.9 x 29.3 cm | 17.3 x 11.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
19 August 2016Location:
Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesMore information:
The African Meeting House, also known variously as First African Baptist Church, First Independent Baptist Church and the Belknap Street Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black church edifice still standing in the United States. The Black Heritage Trail is a path in Boston, Massachusetts, winding through the Beacon Hill neighborhood and sites important in American black history. The Black Heritage Trail links more than 15 pre-Civil War structures and historic sites, including the 1806 African Meeting House, the oldest surviving black church in the United States.