Bellow's Spring Methodist Church (also called Mt. Pisgah AME Church) is a historic church in
Ellicott City
Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States. Part of the Baltimore metropolitan area, its population was 65,834 at the 2010 census, making it the mo ...
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Howard County,
Maryland
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.
The church was built between Rufus Thompson's farm and Thomas Christian's farm (also known as Bellow's Spring Farm) in the African American community of
Jonestown
The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, a U.S.–based cult under the leadership of Jim Jones. Jonestown became internationall ...
. In 1899 the building was relocated to its present location along
Route 108, taking the name Mt. Pisgah AME Church in 1901.
The church is dwarfed by a modern church constructed adjacent to the building and the historical building is kept in poor condition with overgrowth covering the entrance.
See also
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Long Reach, Columbia, Maryland
Long Reach, one of ten villages composing Columbia, Maryland, United States, is found in the northeast part of Columbia along Maryland Route 108. Started in 1971, it is one of the oldest villages, and comprises four neighborhoods: Jeffers Hill, ...
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Wheatfield (Ellicott City, Maryland)
Wheatfield, also known by Wheatfields, Resolution Manor, or Wheatfield Farm is a historic home located south of Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland.
Wheatfield started on land patented to Samuel Chew in 1695 as Chews Resolution Manor and Chews ...
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Bethesda (Ellicott City, Maryland)
Bethesda is located in Ellicott City, Maryland within Howard County, Maryland, United States. The home is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Dower House" because a small dower house exists on the property. A "dower" is a widow's share for lif ...
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AME Church
References
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African-American history of Howard County, Maryland
Howard County, Maryland landmarks
Houses in Howard County, Maryland
African Methodist Episcopal churches in Maryland
Ellicott City, Maryland