The African Meeting House on Nantucket is a physical reminder of the contributions of African Americans to the history and culture of the island. The African Baptist Society constructed the building in the 1827 as a church, school, and meeting house and it remains the only structure on the island to be occupied by African Americans during the 19th century.

After the integration of the islands schools in 1847, the building became home to the Pleasant Street Baptist Church.

In 1933, Mrs. Florence Higginbotham, an African American who owned the house next door, purchased the meeting house and its two outbuildings. The meeting house continued in its role as a meeting house of until after World War II when it was rented out.

After Mrs. Higginbotham's death, the meeting house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and eventually sold to the Museum of African American History in 1989.