Hunter Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1105 22nd Avenue

Hunter Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1105 22nd Avenue

Churches

African-American--History--Tuscaloosa

Hunter's Chapel AME Zion Church was organized in 1866, the first black Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa. Its first house of worship was a rented building that stood where Bryant-Denny Stadium now stands. The first structure built by the church was completed in 1878. The present structure was erected in 1881 with exterior brick added in 1910 when the building was rebuilt after the original structure was destroyed by fire. This church, often called the 'father" of black education in Tuscaloosa, included a school for children of freed slaves during Reconstruction in the 1870s.

The church was named for Rev. E.H. Hunter, who served with distinction as pastor during the 1880's. Later the name was changed from Hunter's Chapel to Hunter Chapel.

Betty Slowe

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