Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond

Name: Bethel A.M.E. Church
Address: Richmond, United States

#11 among attractions in Richmond

Church, Romanesque architecture

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Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The congregation was founded in 1836. The church was built in 1854, and enlarged and remodeled in the Romanesque Revival style in 1892–1894. It is a one-story, cruciform plan, brick building with a 2+1⁄2-story bell tower. The church serves as an educational, political, and cultural center for the local African-American community. ()

Built: 1854 (170 years ago)Architectural style: Romanesque revivalCoordinates: 39°49'33"N, 84°53'41"W

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Bethel A.M.E. Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Richmond Art Museum, Earlham College Observatory, Depot District Market, Old Richmond Historic District.

0.4 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Richmond Art Museum, Richmond
11 min walk • The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana. Artist John Elwood Bundy and author and attorney William Dudley Foulke were instrumental in the founding.
1 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Earlham College Observatory, Richmond
27 min walk • Earlham College Observatory is a historic observatory building located on the campus of Earlham College at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1861, and is a one-story, brick building with a hipped roof.
0.7 miNE
39°50'5"N • 84°53'22"W
Depot District Market, Richmond
18 min walk • Market, Cafe
~1390 ftSE
Neighbourhood, Gothic Revival architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Old Richmond Historic District, Richmond
7 min walk • The Old Richmond Historic District is a neighborhood of historic residential and commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
0.5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, Richmond
13 min walk • Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church is an architecturally significant building located at 11th and North "A" Streets in Richmond, Indiana. Designed by the Cleveland, Ohio architectural partnership of Sidney Badgley and William H. Nicklas the building was begun in 1904 and dedicated on May 13, 1906.
~1150 ftNW
Romanesque architecture
Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond
6 min walk • The Wayne County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built during the period 1890–93, and is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building was designed by Cincinnati, Ohio, architect James W.
0.4 miNE
Museum
Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Richmond
10 min walk • The Indiana Football Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in Richmond, Indiana. It honors persons associated with high school, college and professional American football in Indiana.
1 miW
39°49'26"N • 84°54'45"W
Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History, Richmond
25 min walk • History museum, Museum
0.4 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Murray Theater, Richmond
10 min walk • Murray Theater, also known as the Richmond Civic Theater-Norbert Silbiger Theater, is a historic theatre building located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1909, and is a three-story, steel frame and brick building with Chicago School and Beaux-Arts style design influences.
0.5 miNE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Andrew F. Scott House, Richmond
13 min walk • Andrew F. Scott House is a historic home located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, cubic, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a hipped roof topped by a cupola and kitchen wing. It features a projecting pedimented central entrance bay flanked by one-story verandahs with decorated posts.
0.7 miNE
Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Starr Historic District, Richmond
18 min walk • The Starr Historic District is a neighborhood of historic buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 102 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Richmond.

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Nearby attractions include Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond (6 min walk), Old Richmond Historic District, Richmond (7 min walk), Richmond Downtown Historic District, Richmond (7 min walk), Morrisson-Reeves Library, Richmond (8 min walk).

Bethel A.M.E. Church, Richmond

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Bethel A.M.E. Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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