This African-American Church was the center of the neighborhood until about a hundred years ago, and now lies in rubble. According to an article about people working to preserve it, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/16/16, at pp. B1, 9, Its cemetery was the resting place of at least 80 people, including several Civil War veterans. There is a little bit about it on the Web; Google the church name and Bacton Hill Road.
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This African-American Church was the center of the neighborhood until about a hundred years ago, and now lies in rubble. According to an article about people working to preserve it, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/16/16, at pp. B1, 9, Its cemetery was the resting place of at least 80 people, including several Civil War veterans. There is a little bit about it on the Web; Google the church name and Bacton Hill Road.
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Comments : There is an earlier article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/17/16, at pgs. B1, 4, by Kristin E. Holmes.
Date : 2020-04-19
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Comments : There is an earlier article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/17/16, at pgs. B1, 4, by Kristin E. Holmes.
Date : 2020-04-19
Email : sjkc0072@aol.com
Comments : There is an earlier article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/17/16, at pgs. B1, 4, by Kristin E. Holmes.
Date : 2020-04-19
Email : sjkc0072@aol.com
Comments : There is an earlier article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/17/16, at pgs. B1, 4, by Kristin E. Holmes.
Date : 2020-04-19
Email : sjkc0072@aol.com
Comments : There is an earlier article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/17/16, at pgs. B1, 4, by Kristin E. Holmes.
Date : 2020-04-19
Email : sjkc0072@aol.com
Comments : The photo I took of a map found in a local antique store shows, I believe, this AME church. It is below the word Lewis, just right of center on the map, as AME Ch. The map was from 1883.
Date : 2016-11-01