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 Wayman Chapel - AME - Lyles Station, IN Posted by:  YoSam.
N 38° 22.215 W 087° 39.558
16S E 442407 N 4247102
This church was built in 1887 just after the town was re-named to Lyles Station, the Methodist congregation has been here since 1860.
Waymark Code: WMN3D2
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2014
Views: 1
County of church: Gibson County
Location of church: 5 miles W. of Princeton, 1 mile N. of IN-64/65, CR-500, Lyles Station
Sign over door: Wayman Chapel - AME Church - Built 1887 - remodeled 1957
Marker @ church erected in: 1986
Marker erected by: Wayman Chapel, Lyles Station & Gibson County Historical Society
Marker text: 1886 LYLES STATION, INDIANA 1986
Dedicated to preserve the memory of Joshua Lyles
Lyles Station, Indiana, the state's only remaining Black-named community, was settled more than one hundred years ago by Joshua Lyles, a freed slave from Tennessee.
He encouraged other freed slaves to settle as farmers in Indiana. The "Negro Colony", as it was called prior to and after the Civil War, became a Northern picture of Southern culture.
The community served as a symbol of hope for freed men and slaves.
Reverend Edward Taylor Jr., Pastor
THENCEFORWARD - FOREVER FREE
"As a result of the railroad’s presence, more and more African American families settled in the area. In 1887, a second church, Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, was organized by its residents. Unlike many AME churches in the nineteenth century, Wayman Chapel was not founded by one of the AME’s missionaries, but by its own congregation. By the early twentieth century, Lyles Station’s 55 households boasted 800 residents, an elementary school, two churches, two general stores, a lumber mill, and a post office." ~ Black Past.com
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1887
Age of Church building determined by?: Historical Society
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: African Methodist Episcopal
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 10:00 AM
Street address of Church:
CR 500 W
Lyles Station, IN USA
47670
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed
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