Introduction
From George Reeser Prowell's History of Camden County, New Jersey, 1886
Union American Methodist Episcopal Church, Chestnut Street, above Seventh, was founded by Rev. Peter Spencer, of Wilmington, Del., and it is known as a branch of the African Union Church, of that city.
In 1853 a series of prayer-meetings were conducted in the house of D. Butler, on Newton Street, also in the houses of Sarah Stewart and Sarah Wheeler, under the direction of Rev. John Reed.
In 1855 funds were collected, and a small frame house on Newton Street, above Seventh, was purchased and moved to a site near the corner of Ann Street and Newton Street.
The original building was too small, and in 1879 it was decided to construct a larger church. The present two-story brick building was completed in 1880 and dedicated by Bishop Ramsey of Woodstown, New Jersey.
At the time of dedication, the name of the “African Union Church” was changed to the “Union American Methodist Episcopal Church.”
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Philadelphia Inquirer –
The children’s day exercises that were postponed on account of the rain the Sunday previous were held yesterday in the following churches: Union M. E., Wiley M. E., First M. E., Union American, Bethany M. E., First Baptist and First Presbyterian. The churches were prettily decorated. Rev. Edward F. Hann, of Pennington Seminary, preached last evening in the Union M. E. Church.
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Union American Methodist Church, May 2004
Union American Methodist Church Exterior, May 2004