Star Hill AME Church, Camden

Name: Star Hill AME Church
Address: Camden, United States

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Star Hill AME Church, also known as Star of the East Church, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church building and cemetery located in Dover, Delaware near Camden, Kent County, Delaware. It was constructed about 1866, and is a one-story, three-bay by three-bay, gable roofed, frame building in a vernacular Gothic Revival-style. It features a small bell tower at the roof ridge. Interments in the adjacent cemetery are believed to begin with the founding of the church in the 1860s, but the earliest marked grave dates from the early 1890s. ()

Built: 1866 (158 years ago)Coordinates: 39°6'6"N, 75°32'10"W

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Camden United States

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Star Hill AME Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Biggs Museum of American Art, Delaware State Capitol, Old State House, Camden Friends Meetinghouse.

3.9 miN
Museum, Art museum, History museum
Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover
100 min walk • First State Heritage Park is Delaware's first urban "park without boundaries" linking historic and cultural sites in Dover, Delaware, the city that has been the seat of state government since 1777.
3.9 miN
Museum, History museum
Delaware State Capitol, Dover
101 min walk • The Delaware Legislative Hall is the state capitol building of Delaware located in the state capital city of Dover on Legislative Avenue that houses the chambers and offices of the Delaware General Assembly.
4 miN
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Old State House, Dover
102 min walk • Old Statehouse is a historic state capitol building located on The Green at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It was built between 1787 and 1792, and is a two-story, five bay, brick structure in a Middle Georgian style.
1.1 miNW
Church
Camden Friends Meetinghouse, Camden
28 min walk • Camden Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located on Delaware Route 10 in Camden, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1805, and was still in operation as a Quaker meeting house when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
3.7 miN
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Christ Church, Dover
95 min walk • Christ Church is a historic Episcopal church and cemetery located at S. State and Water Streets at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It is located on one of two public squares set aside for houses of worship in the Dover town plan of 1717.
3.9 miN
Monuments and statues
Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial, Dover
99 min walk • The Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial is a law enforcement memorial in Dover, Delaware, United States. The memorial was unveiled in April 2010. It was vandalized in June 2020.
3.8 miN
Georgian architecture, Church
Delaware State Museum Buildings, Dover
97 min walk • Delaware State Museum Buildings, also known as Old Presbyterian Church Complex, is a historic museum complex located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. The complex consists of four buildings.
3.8 miN
Outdoor activities, National park, Park
The Green, Dover
98 min walk • First State Heritage Park is Delaware's first urban "park without boundaries" linking historic and cultural sites in Dover, Delaware, the city that has been the seat of state government since 1777.
3.9 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Blue Hen Mall, Dover
101 min walk • The Blue Hen Mall is a defunct shopping mall on Bay Road in Dover, Delaware. The mall opened in August 1968, and was the main mall in the Dover area until the Dover Mall opened in 1982, leading to its decline. In the 1990s, the mall was converted into a corporate center.
1.3 miNW
Church
Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Camden
34 min walk • Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church and cemetery located at Camden, Kent County, Delaware. It was originally built in 1845 and re-built after a fire in 1889. The one-story, gable roofed frame Classical Revival-style church rests on a brick foundation.
3.4 miN
Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Colonial revival architecture
Dover Green Historic District, Dover
88 min walk • Dover Green Historic District is a national historic district located at Dover, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses 79 contributing buildings centered on The Green and including most of the inhabited part of 18th century Dover.