St. Peter's AME Zion Church - New Bern, North Carolina
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N 35° 06.660 W 077° 02.612
18S E 313762 N 3887263
St. Peters AME Zion Church is a historic African-American Church in New Bern.
Waymark Code: WMG0K
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2006
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In 1864, St. Peters AME Zion Church at 617 Queen Street was established as the first AME Zion congregation in the South. It began in 1865 for the Rue Chapel African American Methodist Episcopal congregation, one of the two oldest congregations in North Carolina.
Rue Chapel was relocated brick by brick to its current location in 1941. This brick sanctuary is the oldest African-American church still standing in New Bern.
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