Photo, Print, Drawing Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philada
About this Item
Title
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia.
Other Title
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philada
Summary
- This print is an exterior view of the rough-cast second edifice of the Bethel African American Methodist Episcopal Church at 125 South 6th Street in Philadelphia. Pedestrians and parishioners, predominantly women, stroll the sidewalk and enter the building, which is adorned with a simple stone tablet inscribed "Bethel Church." Known as "Mother Bethel," the church was founded in the 1790s by free Blacks who broke away from Saint George's Methodist Episcopal Church, where they faced racial discrimination. The church's first building was dedicated in July 1794. The larger building shown here was built in 1805, and stood until 1841 when a third building was erected on the same site. The first conference of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E) Church took place at Bethel Church in 1816, under the leadership of Bishop Richard Allen. The print was made by the firm of Kennedy and Lucas, operated by David Kennedy and William B. Lucas, which produced the first commercial lithographs in Philadelphia, including a series of church subjects drawn by William L. Breton, a watercolorist and early lithographer of Philadelphia scenes, who was active in the city between about 1825 and 1855.
Names
- Breton, William L., circa 1773-1855 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography, 1829-07.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1829
- - African American churches
- - African Americans
- - African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- - Churches
- - Cities and towns
- - Lithographs
- - Street scenes
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 39"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 23 x 30 centimeters.
- - Reference extracted from World Digital Library: William L. Breton, Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, http://www.lcpdigital.org.|Philadelphia External on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers, http://www.librarycompany.org/pos/posdictionary.htm. External
- - Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Philadelphia on Stone
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670179
Online Format
- compressed data
- image