African Society Baptist Church, York Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: The only building remaining on Nantucket associated with the people from the west coast of Africa. / 1825: Land was owned by Jeffrey Summons. He agreed to convey this land to the trustees of a proposed school for colored people, provided they build a schoolhouse thereon. 1826: Jeffrey Summons conveyed the land to the trustees of the African Baptist Society in Newtown (part of Nantucket). 1828: The building was erected by this time and it was used as a school house for colored children, the school commencing during the latter part of 1828. ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-204
Survey number: HABS MA-909
Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work