:: Greater
Bethel A.M.E. Church
245 NW 8th Street
Years Built: 1927-1943
Architect/Builder: John Sculthorpe/H. S. Bragg
Date Designated: 1988
b. Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church is the home of one of Miami's oldest African-American
congregations, organized in March 1896, three months before the city was
incorporated. Since its founding, the church has included some of Miami's
most prominent African-American residents among its members. Although
construction began in 1927 on this massive Mediterranean Revival style
church, the building was not completed until 1943 due to the congregation's
“pay-as-you-go” policy. Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church was listed
in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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