Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage, Plymouth

Name: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage
Address: 6 Sever St, Plymouth, United States

#27 among attractions in Plymouth

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage, Plymouth

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The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage is an historic church and parsonage at 6 Sever Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The congregation, founded in 1866, is one of a small number of African Methodist Episcopal congregations in eastern Massachusetts, and is an enduring component of the small African-American community in Plymouth. Its church, built about 1840 as a commercial building and consecrated in 1870, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. ()

Built: 1840 (184 years ago)Coordinates: 41°57'25"N, 70°40'5"W

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6 Sever StPlymouth CenterPlymouth United States

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cole's Hill, Pilgrim Hall Museum, National Monument to the Forefathers, Massasoit Statue.

~1550 ftE
Cemetery
Cole's Hill, Plymouth
8 min walk • Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the Mayflower Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The hill is located on Carver Street near the foot of Leyden Street and across the street from Plymouth Rock. Owned since 1820 by the preservationist Pilgrim Society, it is now a public park.
~760 ftN
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth
4 min walk • The Pilgrim Hall Museum at 75 Court Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts is the oldest public museum in the United States in continuous operation, having opened in 1824.
0.5 miNW
Historical place, State park, Monuments and statues
National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth
12 min walk • The National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly known as the Pilgrim Monument, commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims. Dedicated on August 1, 1889, it honors their ideals as later generally embraced by the United States.
~1560 ftE
Monuments and statues
Massasoit Statue, Plymouth
8 min walk • Massasoit is a statue by the American sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was completed in 1921 to mark the three hundredth anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing. The sculpture is meant to represent the Pokanoket leader Massasoit welcoming the Pilgrims on the occasion of the first Thanksgiving.
~1500 ftE
Park, State park
Pilgrim Memorial State Park, Plymouth
8 min walk • Pilgrim Memorial State Park comprises two monuments — Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers — in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
~1020 ftSE
Church
First Parish Church, Plymouth
5 min walk • First Parish Church in Plymouth is a historic Unitarian Universalist church at the base of Burial Hill on the town square off Leyden Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The congregation was founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth. The current building was constructed in 1899.
~1210 ftN
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Hedge House, Plymouth
6 min walk • The Plymouth Antiquarian House is an historic house museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts owned by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society. The house was built in 1809 for William Hammatt, a New England sea captain. The Hedges, a family of entrepreneurs, purchased the house in 1830 and lived there until 1919.
~620 ftSE
Cemetery
Burial Hill, Plymouth
3 min walk • Burial Hill is a historic cemetery or burying ground on School Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Established in the 17th century, it is the burial site of several Pilgrims, the founding settlers of Plymouth Colony.
~1590 ftE
Park, Garden
Brewster Gardens, Plymouth
8 min walk • Brewster Gardens is a park located in the center of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The park runs along both sides of Town Brook from the nature trail at the headwaters of the brook, past Jenney Grist Mill, underneath the Market Street and Main Street Extension bridges to Water Street...
~1470 ftSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Plimoth Grist Mill, Plymouth
8 min walk • The Plimoth Grist Mill is a working grist mill located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is a reconstruction of the original Jenney Grist Mill, and it stands on the site of the original mill.
~1320 ftSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Richard Sparrow House, Plymouth
7 min walk • The Richard Sparrow House is a historic house at 42 Summer Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the oldest surviving house in Plymouth. The house was built around 1640 by Richard Sparrow, an English surveyor who arrived in Plymouth in 1636. He was granted a 16-acre tract of land in 1636 on which the house was later built.

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Nearby attractions include Plymouth Center, Plymouth (3 min walk), Burial Hill, Plymouth (3 min walk), Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth (4 min walk), Artist Exposure Gallery, Plymouth (5 min walk).

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage, Plymouth

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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