Hosanna Meeting House
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Gosffo
N 39° 48.689 W 075° 55.519
18S E 420797 N 4407243
Quick Description: African Meeting House
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2009 10:06:51 AM
Waymark Code: WM7GYH
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Long Description:
Marker Text: Founded by free Blacks who had settled in this area,
it was first known as the "African Meeting House." Formally
organized in 1843 as an African Union Methodist Protestant church.
A station stop on the Underground Railroad, its many visitors
included Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.
Marker Name: Hosanna Meeting House
County: Chester
Date Dedicated: 05/09/1992
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Old U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) N of Lincoln University campus, Lower Oxford Twp.
Category: African American, Houses & Homesteads, Religion, Underground Railroad
Website: [Web Link]
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