Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church

715 Morrison St., Watertown, New York. County/parish: Jefferson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 06, 2002. NRIS 02000144.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church

Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located at Watertown in Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1909 and is a small front gabled vernacular building with minimal Gothic details. It is constructed of cast concrete blocks and features a plain square tower with no spire. Its also a place where the run away slaves would use as a hub for the under ground railroad, along with several houses on the street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318288

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