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ca. 1885
Library and Archives: Geographic: Large: Special: Mass.: Boston: Streets: Smith Court
GUSN-190828
A woman stands in front of the African Meeting House on Smith Court in Boston, Massachusetts. The Meeting House was built in 1806 and is the oldest African meeting house in the United States. The building was built with funds raised by local Black and white community members, but it was constructed almost entirely with Black labor. Today the building houses the Museum of African American History.
streetscapes
meeting houses (religious buildings)
religious buildings
exterior views
women (female humans)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Project number HNE0059
1 photographic print : black-and-white
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.03.TMP.003
7 x 4 15/16 (HxW)(inches)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Architectural photography
African Americans
Smith Court (Boston, Mass.)
Black People
Street Scene
Included in the Boston African Americana Project.
Item
Library and Archives: Geographic: Large: Special: Mass.: Boston: Streets: Smith Court
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