THE WORK WE DID
- Stone and Brick Repair
- Stone and Brick Repointing
- Stone and Brick Replacement
- Stone and Brick Cleaning
- Stone and Brick Repair
- Slate Roof Installation
- Wood Restoration
- Painting
- Underpinned an exterior wall
HISTORY
- “Mother” Bethel A.M.E. Church was founded in 1793 by Richard Allen and others as a response to all the hatred Black Americans dealt with in surrounding churches after a walkout from their previous churches
- Richard Allen was a former slave who bought their freedom in 1783 and soon after started to preach is buried in the basement of the church
- The current standing Victorian Romanesque Revival church, built in 1889 and designed by Hazlehurst & Huckel, was the 3rd church built on the site for the parish
- There was a tunnel that connected the church to the Friends Meeting House at 4th and Arch that was used as a part of the “underground railroad”
- Added to the NRHP March 16, 1972
