Vernon AME Church
Hours:
311 N Greenwood Ave, Tulsa OK 74120
Hours
Thursday
9 - 10AM
12 - 1PM
From Vernon AME Church
Historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1905 and the basement of the current edifice was built in 1919. During the worst race massacre in American history, the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, the superstructure, parsonage, and sanctuary still under-construction were destroyed but the basement remained as a symbol of God's persevering power. The congregation completed the current sanctuary in 1925. In fact, Vernon AME Church is the only intact, standing black-owned structure that remains from the Historic Black Wall Street era.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma