Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church
The Gate Way to Freedom
Organized 1832.
2nd Church Built 1833.
Admitted to Philadelphia-Baltimore Conference, 1837.
3rd Church Built 1888.
Relocated present site, 1956.
Bishop Raymond Luthe Jones, Presiding Bishop, 4th Episcopal District.
Dr. William B. Baker, Presiding Elder.
Rev. R. H. Collins Lee, Minister.
Trustees:
Alphonzo Starks, Ch.
Hattie H. Williams, Sec.
William H. Moore, Treas.
Charles W. Wade, M.D.
Mabel H. Shaw
Edward W. Weyms
Percy Jackson
Stewart A. Hardy
R. H. Collins Lee
Stewards:
Frank H. Brown, P.S.
Robert E. Howard, Sec.
Norman J. Wise, Treas.
Harry Hutchinson
Burnis Howie
Samuel S. Jordan
James E. Martin
Beverly Thomas
Edward D. Hill
Church History:
Metropolitan is the mother church of all Zion Churches in Washington, D.C. Here was organized the first Negro public school and served as the end of the Underground Railroad. Was platform used by Fred Douglas[s] and Charles Sumner.
Marker is at the intersection of North Capitol Street, NW and R Street, NW on North Capitol Street, NW.
Courtesy hmdb.org
