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| Historic Colemantown NJ and Jacob's Chapel AME | |
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| Location | Mount Laurel, NJ, USA, 08054 |
| Coordinates | 39°55'48 N 74°53'07 W |
| Founded | 1840 |
| Built | Coleman Meeting House (Constructed in 1840, moved to current site in 1965)
Jacobs Chapel (Constructed in 1867) Jacob's Chapel Cemetary (Established in 1849) |
| Governing body | Coleman Town Foundation |
Jacobs Chapel (AME) is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. It was initially in Colemanstown, NJ an unincorporated historically black community in Evesham Township, New Jersey before Mount Laurel was incorporated in 1872.
The Jacob's Chapel Cemetary, Property, and the Colemantown Meeting House are protected under Criterion A in African American heritage [1]
Coleman Metting House[edit]
The oldest surviving structure on the sight of Jacob's Chapel is the Colemantown Meeting House which was constructed in 1840 and moved in 1864. It was the original sanctuary and schoolhouse in the original Colemantown hamlet and the oldest extant all-black schoolhouse in New Jersey. It is the only known surviving building from the era, as most black churches in New Jersey worshiped in buildings that were re-used from previously used structures. The Coleman Meeting House is a predominant location in the Underground Railroad, which has a false floor in the entrance-way where escaped slaves would take shelter during the years preceding the Civil War, due to the fugitive slave act[2].
Jacob's Chapel Cemetary is one of New Jerseys oldest black cemeteries and was established in 1849 as "Colemantown Negro Cemetary" and was deeded to Colemantown by Albert Jacob a local quaker. Dr. James Still is interred at the cemetery and veterans who fought in the American Civil War. James Still and his brother William and Peter wrote three primary sources on African American life in the 1800s.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "History | Jacob's Chapel AME Mt. Laurel NJ". Jacob's Chapel AME. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ "New Jersey's Underground Railroad". Visit New Jersey. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Jacobs Chapel Colemantown Foundation, Inc". Jacobs Chapel Colemantown Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2023-08-20.