St. Joseph's AME Church
St. Jospeh's was established in 1891 out of the need for a larger building. But, the churches roots reach back to 1868 with Edian Markham, an African American Methodist Episcopal missionary and former slave. His church was made up of four posts covered with four boards and a roof made of branches. Worshipers brought their own seats. With winter coming members made a log church, this church was named the Union Bethel AME Church. Two more churches were built between the log church's construction and St. Joseph's. St. Joseph's AME Church is now the home of the Hayti Heritage Center. The congregation moved to a new location in Durham in the 1970s.
Alston, Louis. "The History of St. Joseph's AME Church and the St. Joseph's Historic Foundation". Hayti Heritage Center. https://hayti.org/about-us/our-history/ (Accessed November 16, 2018).
"St. Joseph's Historic Foundation". Hayti Heritage Center. https://hayti.org/about-us/our-organization/ (Accessed November 16, 2018).
For more on St. Joseph's go to:
Sagdejev, Ildar. [St Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church]. July 23,2018. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2008-07-23_St_Joseph%27s_AME_Chu... (Accessed November 16, 2018).
Creative Commons BY
This item has a Creative Commons license for re-use. The Creative Commons BY license means that you may copy, distribute, display, perform and transform or remix the item for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give credit to the original author or creator of the item and provide a link to the license. For more information about Creative Commons licensing and a link to the license, see full details at creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Add a comment
PLEASE NOTE: NCpedia provides the comments feature as a way for viewers to engage with the resources. Comments are not published until reviewed by NCpedia editors at the State Library of NC, and the editors reserve the right to not publish any comment submitted that is considered inappropriate for this resource. NCpedia will not publish personal contact information in comments, questions, or responses. If you would like a reply by email, note that some email servers, such as public school accounts, are blocked from accepting messages from outside email servers or domains. If you prefer not to leave an email address, check back at your NCpedia comment for a reply. Please allow one business day for replies from NCpedia. Complete guidelines are available at https://ncpedia.org/about.