Reedy Chapel-AME Church
National Register of Historic Places

Reedy Chapel-AME Church

Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
Listed
September 13, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
84001717

About this property

Reedy Chapel A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church located at 2013 Broadway in Galveston, Texas. The church's congregation was founded in 1848 by enslaved African Americans and, following emancipation in 1865, the church was organized as Texas's first A.M.E. congregation in 1866. Reedy Chapel A.M.E. Church was one of locations of the public reading of General Order No. 3 by Union general Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, which officially declared emancipation in Texas. The annual celebration of this declaration among African Americans continues today as the Juneteenth holiday. The church's first permanent building was constructed in 1863, but it was destroyed in the 1885 Galveston Fire. The current church building was constructed in 1886 and was named for the congregation's second pastor, Reverend Houston Reedy, who hosted the church's first annual conferences starting in 1867. The church was listed as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1975 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 (updated in 1984). The church is listed for both its significance to Black history as well as its significance as a notable example of 19th century Gothic Revival architecture. The building is a survivor of the 1900 Galveston hurricane.

Location

2013 Broadway
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
29.30038, -94.78888

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Sources

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When was Reedy Chapel-AME Church listed on the National Register?

Reedy Chapel-AME Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Reedy Chapel-AME Church?

Reedy Chapel-AME Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Reedy Chapel-AME Church is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1848.

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