Английская Википедия:First African Methodist Episcopal Church

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The First African Methodist Episcopal Church (First AME Church), formerly known as Pierce’s Chapel,[1] is an AME church established in 1866 by Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, and located at 521 North Hull Street in Athens, Georgia.[2][1]

It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 10, 1980.[3][4]

History

First African Methodist Episcopal Church was the first African American church in Athens.[1][2] In 1881, the congregation purchased the lot on N. Hull Street, the present church location.[1] Louis H. Persley, the first African American registered architect in Georgia, designed the building in 1916.[1] While the congregation's church building was being constructed in 1916 services were held at Union Hall in what is now the Morton Theatre.[5]

The original church's basement of the church was used as a school for children and adults. It was named Pierce's Chapel in honor of Reverend Lovick Pierce, a white minister who helped organize the congregation in a building on the Oconee River.[6] The educational center was opened in 1964, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Clayton Duke Wilkerson.[2]

The church had a parsonage located at 147 Strong Street, built in 1921 and demolished as part of an urban renewal project in the 1960s.[7]

In 2017, the church received a new pastor, B.A. Hart.[8]

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