Property

Location Information
(for the Bethel A.M.E. Church)

Name:

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Address:

801 Monroe Street

City/County:

Vicksburg, Warren County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

1912

Architectural Styles(s):

Romanesque

Registration Information

NR Listing Date:

30 Jul 1992

MPS:	Historic Resources of Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Mississippi Landmark Information

Designated:

11-10-2005

Recorded:

11-22-2005

Book/Vol. No.:

V. 1396, p. 349

Local Designation Information

Local District Name:

Historic Vicksburg District

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Context/Comments

Built in 1912, this impressive Romanesque auditorium-plan church building is the home of Mississippi's oldest African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation, founded in 1864.

This building was listed on the National Register on 30 July 1992, from a nomination prepared by Nancy H. Bell, executive director of the Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 10 November 2005.

This church is included in the "Historic Vicksburg Walking Tour Guide" (#62, p. 46) and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.75, YB11).