{"id":1661,"date":"2017-12-30T08:02:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T08:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?page_id=1661"},"modified":"2018-01-08T01:07:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T01:07:47","slug":"african-american-methodist-episcopal-church-3-n-berlin-pike-lovettsville-virginia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/houses-of-lovettsville\/african-american-methodist-episcopal-church-3-n-berlin-pike-lovettsville-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"African-American Methodist Episcopal Church, Lovettsville, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

African-American Methodist Episcopal Church &\u00a0Lovettsville African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery<\/em><\/h3>\n

3 N. Berlin Pike, Lovettsville, Virginia<\/em><\/h3>\n
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The African-American Methodist Episcopal Church [255-5003; 255-5001-0109], located on a flat triangular lot at the northernmost edge of the district, contains the former church and school building as well as a cemetery with approximately 20 marked graves. A bronze plaque at each entrance reads: \u2015African American Methodist Episcopal Church Founded 1869.\u00a0 The cemetery contains marked graves dating back to that period and is associated with some of the prominent African-American families in Lovettsville. The vernacular, one-story, three-bay, gable-end frame church was constructed circa 1875 and was used as a church and later as a school for the local African-American community. The lot was labeled on an 1876 town plat as the \u2015African Chapel\u2016 lot. The frame building that occupies the site today may be the original chapel or one that was constructed a short time later, replacing the original.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The African-American Methodist Episcopal Church [255-5001-0109; 255-5003] is the district\u2018s most significant resource related to the African-American history of the community. This one-story, three-bay, gable-end, frame building rests on a stone foundation and the walls are clad in German-lap siding with corner boards and a plain frieze. The gabled standing- seam metal roof has overhanging eaves, exposed rafter ends, and an interior brick flue. The six-over- six, double-hung-sash, wood windows feature paneled wooden shutters and the front door is topped by a four-light transom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Citation:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.dhr.virginia.gov\/registers\/Counties\/Loudoun\/255-5001_Lovettsville_HD_2012_NRHP_FINAL.pdf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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LOVETTSVILLE Colored School,\u00a0Lovettsville District (1924-1949)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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See the webpage for the Lovettsville Colored School at The Edwin Washington Project<\/a>\u00a0website, a\u00a0project to document the black students of Loudoun County, in collaboration with the Records Office of the Loudoun County Public Schools,\u00a0local history clubs, private and government archives and the Black History Committee of the Friends of the Balch Library.<\/p>\n

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Photo (undated) of Lovettsville Colored School, courtesy of\u00a0Claudette Bard, July 11, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo added by Jen Snoots<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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African Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery<\/em><\/h4>\n