St. Peter's AME Zion Church, New Bern
Facts and practical information
St. Peter's AME Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 615 Queen Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built between 1923 and 1942, on the site of the 1914 church building which was destroyed by fire in 1922. It is a large three bay by seven bay, rectangular brick church building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a gabled nave flanked by two-story truncated stair towers. Also on the property is the contributing 1926 parsonage; a 2+1⁄2-story, frame American Craftsman style dwelling. It is known within the denomination as the "Mother Church of Zion Methodism in the South," and the oldest existing African Methodist Episcopal congregation in the South. ()
Downtown New BernNew Bern
St. Peter's AME Zion Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Tryon Palace, Centenary United Methodist Church, Cedar Grove Cemetery, First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard.