Bethel Church

Bethel Church (HM2JX8)

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N 38° 33.937', W 76° 4.836'

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In the 1780s, African American Methodists in Philadelphia and Baltimore walked out of white-controlled Methodist churches to protest discriminatory treatment. In 1816, these independent black Methodists from Philadelphia, Baltimore and elsewhere formally organized themselves as the "African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church."

In Cambridge, A.M.E. ministers encountered resistance when they tried to establish a 'Bethel Society' in 1830. But by 1874, Pine Street shoemaker, Simon Brown and other local trustees of the Cambridge "African Methodist Bethel Church" obtained a deed for this property at 623 Pine Street.

The original church apparently was a house that resident Stephen Camper moved here (for the Bethel Society). In 1877, that building burned and within two years a new church was constructed. Today the building looks as it did in 1903 when the new entrance facade with asymmetrical towers was added. In the 1960s, this church was an important meeting place for activists involved in the civil rights struggle.
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HM NumberHM2JX8
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Placed ByCambridge, Maryland; Department of Housing and Community Developoment
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Date Added Sunday, August 25th, 2019 at 2:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 405858 N 4269127
Decimal Degrees38.56561667, -76.08060000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 33.937', W 76° 4.836'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 33' 56.22" N, 76° 4' 50.16" W
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