Bethel AME Church and Manse
Bethel AME Church and Manse | |
The church in September 2013 | |
| Location | 291 Park Avenue, Huntington, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°52′41″N 73°25′7″W / 40.87806°N 73.41861°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1845 |
| MPS | Huntington Town MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002490[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 26, 1985 |
Bethel AME Church and Manse is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church and manse at 291 Park Avenue in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. The church was cofounded by Peter Crippen and Nelson Smith in 1843[2] and built about 1845 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, wood-frame structure that is rectangular in plan with a gable roof and clapboard exterior. The manse was built in 1915 and is a 2-story, wood-frame structure, with a two-by-two-bay square plan.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
Media related to Bethel AME Church and Manse (Huntington, New York) at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Crippen House". 1653 Foundation.
- ^ NYS Parks & Recreation (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bethel AME Church and Manse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20.