Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church | |
Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, December 2009 | |
Location | 174 E. Eagle St., Buffalo, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°53′0″N78°52′7″W / 42.88333°N 78.86861°W Coordinates: 42°53′0″N78°52′7″W / 42.88333°N 78.86861°W |
Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
Built | 1920 |
Architect | Greenstein, Louis |
NRHP reference No. | 83001670 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 15, 1983 |
Durham Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, formerly known as St. Luke's A.M.E. Zion Church until the late 1950s, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a brick church constructed in 1920. It is the oldest surviving church associated with the Buffalo A.M.E. Zion congregations. [2]
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