Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church - View this location on map Metropolitan, the national church of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination, has been the site of numerous civic and educational assemblies, and addresses by notables including U.S. Presidents, and political, cultural, and civil rights leaders. It was the site of the funeral of Frederick Douglass. The congregation was formed by the merger of two congregations established in 1820 and 1838. The Gothic Revival building was erected in 1886; Samuel T.G. Morsell, one of the city s earliest large contractors, is credited as the architect. 1518 M Street, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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