921 West Beverley Street, Staunton, Virginia 24401; 38.14939 N, 79.08132 W

The origins of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, which is Methodist in its roots and governed by an Episcopacy, dates to 1787 when Methodist Society Blacks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania convened and decided to establish their own church. The founder was Richard Allen. It was his sister Sarah Rodney who brought the teachings of the church to Staunton’s African American community.