National Register of Historic Places

Star Hill AME Church

Camden, Kent County, Delaware
Listed
November 25, 1994
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
94001389

About this property

Star Hill AME Church, also known as Star of the East Church, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church building and cemetery located in Dover, Delaware near Camden, Kent County, Delaware. It was constructed about 1866, and is a one-story, three-bay by three-bay, gable roofed, frame building in a vernacular Gothic Revival-style. It features a small bell tower at the roof ridge. Interments in the adjacent cemetery are believed to begin with the founding of the church in the 1860s, but the earliest marked grave dates from the early 1890s. The church is an important focal point of the community of Star Hill, an early community of African American settlement in Kent County. Star Hill AME Church was founded in the 1860s and is a daughter church of nearby Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Today the church is home to the Star Hill Museum, which features exhibits about African American history in Kent County, slavery and the Underground Railroad.

Location

Camden, Kent County, Delaware
39.10189, -75.53567

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Nearby Historic Sites

Camden Historic District
Listed
1 mi
Camden Friends Meetinghouse
Early Republic
1.1 mi
Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
Industrial
1.3 mi
Brecknock
Industrial
1.5 mi
Wyoming Railroad Station
Industrial
1.7 mi

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When was Star Hill AME Church listed on the National Register?

Star Hill AME Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 1994.

What type of historic resource is Star Hill AME Church?

Star Hill AME Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Star Hill AME Church?

The period of significance for Star Hill AME Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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