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Mount Gilead A.M.E. Church, 1940 Holicong Road, Buckingham, Bucks County, PA
Summary
2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: Overlooking a broad limestone valley settled in the 18th century by industrious Quaker families, the church sits on a small lot amid extra woodland for the wealthy valley farms. The abolitionist sentiments and tolerant beliefs of the Quakers allowed free blacks and run away slaves to settle on the mountain with small log and stone cabins. Association with the Underground Railroad has been a long held tradition of this community. By 1834 the community was large enough to organize the Mt. Gilead AME Church...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1003
Survey number: HABS PA-6714
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Date
1933 - 1940
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Auerbach, Kathryn A, faculty sponsor
Ceglia, Patricia, field team
John, Mirka, field team
Fisher-Olsen, Patricia, field team
Pope, Roy, field team
Raike, Geoffrey, field team
Walsh, Constance, field team
White, Lauren, field team
Bucks County Community College, Historic Preservation Program, sponsor
Location
Buckingham Valley, 40.32288, -75.03332
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
