Berks County's oldest Black church building. Erected 1837 by free African Americans; became an Underground Railroad station for escaped slaves seeking freedom. Rebuilt 1867; remodeled 1889. Congregation, dating from 1822, moved to Windsor Street in 1974.

Marker is at the intersection of N. 10th Street and Hinnershitz Street, on the left when traveling south on N. 10th Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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