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New York
Architecture Images-Harlem and the Heights
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
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architect |
Edgar K. Bourne |
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location |
32 West 123rd Street, southeast corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and W. 123rd Street |
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1891-1892 |
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limestone and brick |
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type |
library, Church |
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| One of the oldest black churches in New York, the Greater Bethel A.M.E. was founded in Lower Manhattan in 1819 and moved into the Harlem Library building in the early twentieth century. Edgar K. Bourne, architect of this limestone and brick building constructed from 1891-1892, was also a member of the library's board of trustees. The church moved into the structure on West 123rd Street when the Harlem Library was moved to 9-11 West 124th Street after being added to the New York Public Library System in 1901. | |
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| With special thanks to www.nyc.gov | |
