Abyssinian Meeting House | |
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| Location | 73–75 Newbury St., Portland, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′44″N 70°14′55″W / 43.6623°N 70.2485°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1828 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001612[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 3, 2006 |
The Abyssinian Meeting House is a historic church building at 73–75 Newbury Street, in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood of Portland, Maine.[1] Built 1828-1831 by free African-Americans, it is Maine's oldest African-American church building, and the third oldest in the nation.[2] Throughout the years, the Abyssinian was a place for worship and revivals, abolition and temperance meetings, speakers and concerts, the Female Benevolent Society, the Portland Union Anti-Slavery Society and negro conventions, and the black school in Portland from the mid-1840s through the mid-1850s. The building is the only Underground Railroad site in Maine recognized by the National Park Service. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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