BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Downtown -- Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church (1518 M St., NW)

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. METAME_160419_02.JPG: African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC Metropolitan AME Church 1518 M Street, NW This church, started on Capitol Hill in 1821 as Israel Bethel, was founded by African Americans denouncing white racism at Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church. Later Pastor Henry McNeal Turner helped persuade President Lincoln to accept black soldiers into the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1870 Israel Bethel merged with Union Bethel to become Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, the "National Cathedral of African Methodism." This building, designed by architect Samuel T. Morsell, opened in 1886. Frederick Douglass spoke in this pulpit. In addition, funerals for Douglass and Rosa Parks, and prayer services for President Bill Clinton's inauguration, took place here.
2. METAME_160419_48.JPG: S School Department Organized Aug 11 1882
3. METAME_160419_53.JPG: Missionary Department Organized 1844
4. METAME_160419_62.JPG: Names of contributors who helped cancel the mortgage debt of Metropolitan AME Church [One of the names is Amelia Douglass. Helen Amelia Loguen (1843-1936) married Lewis Douglass -- Fredrick Douglass' oldest son -- in 1869. Her father Jermain escaped slavery and worked as an abolitionist in upstate New York, like Frederick Douglass.]
5. METAME_160419_82.JPG: Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church The National Cathedral of African Methodism Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church was founded in the District of Columbia in 1838. It is the oldest A.M.E. church and the oldest continuously black-owned property in Washington, D.C. - the Nation's Capital. The church represents the merger of two other congregations, Israel Bethel A.M.E. (1821) and Union Bethel A.M.E. (1838). The latter was a stop on the Underground Railroad. These churches merged in 1870, and the present name, Metropolitan was officially designated and recognized by the General Conference of the A.M.E. Church in 1872. The African Methodist Episcopal Church denomination, of which Metropolitan is a part, was founded in 1787 by Richard Allen in protest against segregated worship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The A.M.E. Church, which was the first African American independent religious body in the United States, was incorporated in 1816. The cornerstone of this historic structure was laid in 1881, and the church was completed in 1886. African Methodist Episcopal members throughout the United States contributed funding to build this edifice. Their sacrificial gifts are memorialized in Metropolitan's priceless and majestic stained glass windows, which document the growth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1816-1896. The historic and cultural significance of this institution was nationally recognized with the designation of the property as a National Historic Landmark on July 26, 1973. Metropolitan A.M.E. Church continues to embody its deepest Christian (Methodist) covenant. It is a sanctuary, welcoming all people of worship, built to the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Wikipedia Description: Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church ("Metropolitan AME Church") is a historic church located at 1518 M Street, N.W., in downtown Washington, D.C. It affiliates with the African Methodist Episcopal Church religious denomination.

The congregation was founded in 1838 and the current building was constructed in 1886. The funerals of abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1895), the first African American U.S. Senator, Blanche Bruce (1898), and civil-rights activist Rosa Parks (2005) were held in the church. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. In May 2010, the National Trust for Historic Preservation added the building to its list of 11 of America's Most Endangered Places due to water damage and other structural problems requiring $11 million in renovations.

U.S. President Barack Obama attended services here on Sunday, January 20, 2013, before his second inauguration.
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