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HISTORICAL CHURCHES

Historical Churches
100 year old congregations

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Mother  Emanuel A.M.E, Charleston, South Carolina
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Alabama
Huntsville
St. Bartley Primitive Baptist Church, 1808-

Montgomery
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, 1883-
 
Arizona
Phoenix
Tanner Chapel AME Church, 1887-   

Tucson
Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Tucson, Arizona, 1900-
 
Arkansas
Little Rock
First Missionary Baptist Church, 1845-

California
Los Angeles
First A.M.E. Church, 1872-

Oakland
First A.M.E. Church, 1858-

Sacramento

St. Andrews A.M.E. Church, 1850-

San Jose
Antioch Baptist Church, 1893-

 
Colorado
Denver
Zion Baptist Church, 1865- 
Shorter AME Church, 1868-
 
Connecticut
Hartford
Faith Congregational Church, 1819-

New Haven
St. Luke Episcopal Church, 1844-
 
Delaware
Wilmington
Ezion-Mount Carmel United Methodist Church, 1789-
 
District of Columbia
Metropolitan AME Church, 1821-
 
Georgia
Atlanta
Big Bethel AME Church, 1847-
Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1855-
First Congregational Church, 1867-
Wheat Street Baptist Church, 1869-

Savannah
First African Baptist Church, 1773-
 
Florida
Jacksonville
Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, ca. 1865-
 
Illiniois
Alton
Salem Baptist Church, 1819-

Brooklyn
Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, c. 1830- 

Chicago
Olivet Baptist Church, 1850-

Indiana
Richmond
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Richmond, Indiana, 1836- 

Iowa
Des Moines
Burns United Methodist Church, 1866-


Kansas
Topeka
St. John A.M.E., 1868-


Kentucky
Lexington
Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church, 1790-

Louisiana
New Orleans
St. Augustine Catholic Church, 1841

Maryland
Baltimore
Bethel A.M.E., 1785-
St. Xavier Catholic Church, 1836-
 
Massachusetts
Boston
African Baptist Church, 1805-
Columbus Avenue AME Church, 1838- 
 
Michigan
Detroit
Second Baptist Church of Detroit, 1844-
 
Minnesota
St. Paul
Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1863
 
Mississippi
Natchez
Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1854-
 
Missouri
St. Louis
First Baptist Church, 1817

Montana
Great Falls
Union Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1890-

Helena

St. James A.M.E. Church, 1888-
 
Nebraska
Omaha
St. John AME Church, 1865-
 

New Hampshire
Pourtsmouth
People's Baptist Church, 1873-

New Jersey
Elsinboro
Mt. Pisgah A.M.E., 1754-
Oldest Continuously Operating African American Church in the United States
Newark
Moorish Science Temple of America, 1913-

Princeton
Witherspoon Street Prebyterian Church, 1836-
 
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Grant Chapel AME Church, 1883-
Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1899-

Las Cruces
Phillips Chapel CME Church, 1911- 

 
New York
New York City
Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1796-
Abyssinian Baptist Church, 1808-
St. Phillips Protestant Episcopal Church, 1809-
The Church of St. Mark, 1838-

 
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
St. Phillips Moravian Church, 1822-
 
Ohio
Cincinnati
Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1824-
 
Oregon
Portland
Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1889-
 
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1794-
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, 1792-
First African Presbyterian Church, 1807-
 
Rhode Island
Providence
Congdon Street Baptist Church, 1819-

South Carolina
Charleston
Emanuel A.M.E., 1816-

Silver Bluff

Silver Bluff Baptist Church, 1773-

Tennessee
Memphis
Church of God in Christ, 1907-

Nashville
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, 1835-
Spruce Street Baptist Church, 1835-
Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 1835-
Clark Memorial United Methodist, 1865-
 
Texas
Corpus Christi 
Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1914-


El Paso
Second Baptist Church, El Paso-1884

Houston 
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 1868-

San Antonio 
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1888- 


Utah
Salt Lake City
Trinity A.M.E. Church, 1890-
 
Virginia
Petersburg
First African Baptist Church, 1756-

Richmond
First Baptist Church, 1780-
 
Washington
Seattle
First A.M.E. Church, 1886-
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1890-

Spokane
Cavalry Baptist Church, 1890-

 
West Virginia

Malden
African Zion Baptist Church, 1852-
 
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 1869- 
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