National Register of Historic Places

Queen of Angels Church

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Listed
October 25, 1972
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
72000783

About this property

Queen of Angels Church ,formerly known as St. Peter's Church, was a historic Black Catholic church on Belmont Avenue (now Irvine Turner Blvd) at Morton Street in Newark, New Jersey. It was the first Catholic parish for African Americans in the Archdiocese of Newark. Queen of Angels was built between 1854 and 1861 and was Newark's first African-American Catholic parish, becoming such in 1926. Its original 1930 building was destroyed in 1958, and the parish relocated, taking over a space at a church once known as St. Peter's. It also had a parochial school under the same name. During the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr. held meetings at the church for the Poor People's Campaign and the church also helped organized a march for racial harmony after his assassination. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and was administered by the Society of African Missions beginning in 1979. The school and parish closed in 2012. The church was slated for demolition in 2014 and demolished in 2016. National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey

Location

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
40.71676, -74.18904

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Queen of Angels Church listed on the National Register?

Queen of Angels Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 25, 1972.

What type of historic resource is Queen of Angels Church?

Queen of Angels Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Queen of Angels Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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