Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston

Name: Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church
Address: 551 Warren St, Boston, 02121, United States

#454 among attractions in Boston

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Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church is an historic African Methodist Episcopal Church at 551 Warren Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The current church building was built in 1888 by J. Williams Beal and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ()

Built: 1888 (136 years ago)Coordinates: 42°18'47"N, 71°5'1"W

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551 Warren StRoxbury (Washington Park)Boston 02121 United States

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Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, Franklin Park Zoo, South Bay Shopping Center, Shirley-Eustis House.

1 miSW
Golf
William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, Boston
25 min walk • William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, colloquially referred to and contained within Franklin Park, is a municipal golf course in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, bordered by the neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.
0.6 miSW
Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo, Boston
16 min walk • The Franklin Park Zoo is a 72 acres zoo located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is currently operated by Zoo New England, which also operates the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts.
1.5 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
South Bay Shopping Center, Boston
38 min walk • South Bay is a shopping center in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is located off I-93, US 1, Route 3, near the transition from the Southeast Expressway to the Central Artery traveling through Downtown Boston.
0.9 miNE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Shirley-Eustis House, Boston
24 min walk • The Shirley–Eustis House is a historic house located at 33 Shirley Street, Boston, Massachusetts. It is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The house was built between 1747 and 1751 on 33 acres in Roxbury by William Shirley, Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and served as his summer home.
0.9 miE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Strand Theatre, Boston
24 min walk • Strand Theatre is a restored vaudeville house located in Uphams Corner in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. It is owned by the City of Boston and managed by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.
0.9 miSW
Park
Franklin Park, Boston
23 min walk • Franklin Park, a partially wooded 527-acre parkland in the Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts, is maintained by the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department.
0.9 miE
Church
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Boston
23 min walk • Pilgrim Congregational Church is a historic church building at 540-544 Columbia Road in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The brick Romanesque Revival building was built 1890–1893 to a design by Worcester architect Stephen C. Earle.
0.5 miN
Church
Roxbury Presbyterian Church, Boston
12 min walk • Roxbury Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church at 328 Warren Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The Gothic church building was designed by John C. Spofford and built in 1891 for a congregation organized in 1881.
~810 ftSE
Synagogue, Romanesque revival architecture
Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Boston
4 min walk • Congregation Adath Jeshurun is a historic synagogue, now serving as a church, at 397 Blue Hill Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
0.5 miN
Church
Eliot Congregational Church, Boston
12 min walk • The Eliot Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church at 56 Dale Street, at the corner of Walnut Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
~1070 ftSE
Mosque
Mosque No. 11, Boston
6 min walk • Mosque No. 11, also known as Masjid Al-Quran, was a mosque in Boston, Massachusetts. The building came to prominence in the late 1950s when it was leased by the Nation of Islam and placed under the direction of Malcolm X, who was a minister there and at Mosques No. 7 and No. 12 until he left the religion for Sunni Islam in 1964.

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Which popular attractions are close to Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Nearby attractions include Elm Hill Park Historic District, Boston (2 min walk), Crawford Street Historic District, Boston (4 min walk), Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Boston (4 min walk), Mosque No. 11, Boston (6 min walk).

How to get to Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church by public transport?

The nearest stations to Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church:

Bus

Warren St @ Waumbeck St • Lines: 23 (1 min walk)

Train

Four Corners/Geneva (17 min walk)
Uphams Corner (23 min walk)

Metro

Jackson Square • Lines: Orange (28 min walk)
Stony Brook • Lines: Orange (28 min walk)