File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Arthur C. Haskell, Photographer. Feb. 1937. (h) Int- Detail, N.W. Stairway from Main Floor. - Abolition Church, 8 Smith Court, Boston, HABS MASS,13-BOST,42-4.tif

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Historic American Buildings Survey, Arthur C. Haskell, Photographer. Feb. 1937. (h) Int- Detail, N.W. Stairway from Main Floor. - Abolition Church, 8 Smith Court, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Title
Historic American Buildings Survey, Arthur C. Haskell, Photographer. Feb. 1937. (h) Int- Detail, N.W. Stairway from Main Floor. - Abolition Church, 8 Smith Court, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Description
Museum of Afro-American History, Incorporated; Garrison, William Lloyd; Paul, Thomas; Chamberlain, Holly K, historian; Hutchins Photography, photographer; Lynch, Edmund P, delineator; Haskell, Arthur C, photographer
Depicted place Massachusetts; Suffolk County; Boston
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 8 x 10 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS MASS,13-BOST,42-4
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Organized in 1805 as the First African Baptist Church, the Abolition Church was the first black church in Boston and is the oldest extant black church in the United States. Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison organized the New England Anti-Slavery Society here on January 6, 1832.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5
  • Survey number: HABS MA-2-74
  • Building/structure dates: 1806 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: after. 1850- before. 1859 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma0897.photos.076180p
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