Mother A.M.E. Zion Church

MOTHER A.M.E. ZION CHURCH 
MOTHER AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION 
CHURCH OCCUPIED THIS SITE FROM 1800 TO
1864. IT WAS THE FIRST CHURCH IN NEW YORK 
CITY BUILT AND LED BY AFRO-AMERICANS AND 
WAS THE MOTHER CHURCH OF THE A.M.E. ZION 
DENOMINATION FORMED IN 1796.

THIS TABLET INSTALLED JANUARY 1969 BY 
NEGRO HISTORY ASSOCIATED INC AND MOTHER
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH 


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