The African Meeting House, Historic Structure Report, Boston African American National Historic Site
Yocum BA. 1994. The African Meeting House, Historic Structure Report, Boston African American National Historic Site. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Lowell, Massachusetts
This report was created as a thorough analysis of the building materials of the African American Meeting House as it stood in 1982, in order to determine the feasibility of restoring the building to a specified time in the 19th century. The report attempts to provide the comprehensive history of the building and the changes it underwent through 1982, based on historical documentation and the analysis of physical building elements. This study is divided into five parts. Chapter I is an administrative overview. Chapter II describes the historical and architectural background of the African Meeting House as provided by written sources. Also included in this section are historical etchings, photographs, and architectural drawings. Chapter III is the architectural analysis, which includes conjectural drawings based upon information obtained from the study of extant paint, wallpaper, mortar, nails, and other hardware. Chapter IV documents the existing conditions in the meetinghouse, through the use of photographs and detailed site drawings. Chapter V presents recommendations for the restoration of the building. Chapters VI and VII are the appendices and bibliography, respectively. This report was prepared by the North Atlantic Historic Preservation Center (NAHPC) of the National Park Service (NPS).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Yocum, Barbara
- Date of Issue
- 1994
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- BOAF , NER
- Keywords
- African American History, Anti-Slavery Society, Asher Benjamin, Baptist Church, Beacon Hill, church, community, congregation, Jewish Synagogue, NAHPC, National Historic Landmark, schoolroom
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 040280: Abiel Smith School , CRIS-HS: 022603: African Meeting House