Sharp Street Memorial Church

Sharp Street Memorial Church (HM3OF)

Location: Baltimore, MD 21217
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 18.045', W 76° 37.696'

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Named in honor of its original location, Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church descends from the first black congregation in Baltimore. In 1797, blacks gatehred at 112-116 Sharp Street, where the Maryland Society for the Abolition of Slavery had opened the Baltimore African Academy, the city's first prominent day school for blacks. The Society later abandoned this proejct and sold the lot and building in 1802 to the black congregation, which then built a churhc on the property.

The church quickly became a center of the black community. There people gathered not only to worship, but also to discuss the abolitionist and African colonization movements, to raise money to purchase the freedom of slaves, to hear their advocates speak, and to receive schooling.

In 1846, the church hosted the first regional conference for black methodists, which resulted in the first appointment of black pastors and the creation of a black governing board. From 1867 until 1872, the Centenary Biblical Institute (now Morgan State University) held classes there.

Following its congregation into northwest Baltimore, the church erected the present building designed by Alphonsus Bieler in 1898. In 1921, Arthur M. Segoin, a black architect, designed the adjacent Community House, the first of its kind in Baltimore.
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HM NumberHM3OF
Series This marker is part of the Maryland: Baltimore City Historical Markers series
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Placed ByThe City of Baltimore, Democratic Women, sponsor, Sharp Street Church, sponsor and William Donald Schaefer, Mayor
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Date Added Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 11:06am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 359600 N 4351415
Decimal Degrees39.30075000, -76.62826667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 18.045', W 76° 37.696'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 18' 2.70" N, 76° 37' 41.76" W
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Area Code(s)410
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 508 Dolphin St, Baltimore MD 21217, US
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