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r palnHngs, a, pottery, 696-8187. nke, worksiw Mansion Rockville, tncf mixed TUes. andlofl Nduro,40 Summit 10 a.m.-7 . Free. 301-■tereotors,at the lobby •69843658. Ire and ssionism”, Baltimore, t tombs to1 and Tibet, ieces from y26.Tues.-0-547-9000ind Oormalym Gallery, Free.on exhibit2 N. Market•an End toisionary Art Tues.-Sun., tnadedoth-id by peace and victims $4 seniors.i.-midnight. iburg Pike, over. Every ; non-mem-slc of Dr.ck Country ar Frederick workshop. 7 or at www.Jan. 27,6-, Post 202, /over. DVK27 at Best star. 9 p.m.-che lesson, 6. 410-876-ancttft. iykvCovering cities, towns and communities throughout Frederick County, Md., and nearby counties.Vol. 16 - No. 45Frederick, Maryland 21705 Friday, January 25, 2002 www.fredericknew8po8i.com250African-American history in FrederickStaff photo by B3J GreenThe congregation of Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church dates back to the late 1700s. The chapel, at 106 E. Third St., was built In 1819.By KAREN GARDNER Assistant Family EditorkgmrlneriZfi-edericknewsposLcomfrican-American history in Frederick County runs almost as deep as that of European settlers, but until recently it’s a histoiy that has largely been ignored.The Frederick Historic Sites Consortium has just published “African-American Heritage Sites in the City of Frederick ana Frederick County, Md,” a brochure with a list of 20 sites that commemorate the contributions of blacks in the past two centuries.Many of the sites in Frederick can be seen on a half-day walking tour, according to Elizabeth Sbatto, coordinator of me Historic Sites Consortium, part of the Tourism Council of Frederick County. The remaining sites, scattered around Frederick County, could be visited in a half-day’s drive, she saidThe walking tour includes the first library for black men, a one-time dance hall and all-around entertainment venue known as the Pythian Castle, the first hospital for African Americans, churches, cemeteries and a slave quarters.The driving tour also includes several villages that materialized during Reconstruction, and the churches in those communities. Most of the county sites are located south of Frederick.“We are getting more and more requests at the Tourism Center for multicultural tourism offerings,” Ms. Shatto said“I think it’s long overdue,” said Joy Onley, a member of the African American Research Cultural Heritage, or AARCH, Committee. The committee began meeting in May 2000 to plan the brochure. Historian and writer Marie Anne Erickson, of Braddock Heights, compiled the brochure from information gathered by committee members.“As long as I’ve been with the consortium there’s been a desire to do more with African-American resources,” Ms. Shatto said “Maryland is one of the top destinations for African-American tourism. There’s a rich history in the state. It was the home of Harriet Ttibman and Frederick Douglass.”The Frederick tour includes five stops on West All Saints Street, and one around the comer on Ice Street All Saints Street was the commercial hub of African-American life in the early 20th century, Ms. Shatto said “Walk down All Samts Street and there you can get the flavor of what it was like when Frederick was segregated,” she said “It was busy, it was bustling.” Frederick, like many other communities south of the Mason-Dixon line,before the 1950s, including schools, churches, stores and hospitals. Muchof Frederick’s black community was clustered in the area of All Saints, Ice and South streets.One of the tour stops is the residence and office of Dr. Ulysses ti. Bourne, Roderick’s first black doctor at 30 W. AH Saints St He practiced medicine in Frederick from 1903 to 1953. He was also the founder of the Maryland Negro Medical Society.Also on the tour is the site of the building that once stood at 113 Ice St, which served as the Free Colored Men's Library until 1932. It started as the Young Men’s Colored Reading Club of Frederick Cite in 1913.The Pythian Castle, with elements of Italianate and Greek Revival building styles, is at Lll-113 W AD Saints St Banquets, dances, movies and live music all took place in the building. In the 1920s and ’30s it was the site of meetings for many social and service organizations, including the Elks Club and the Masons.Elements of Frederick’s slavehokt ing past are evident in the slave quarters behind the historic Ross House and the Mathias House. The slave quarters, at 114 W. Second St, are located behind the Council Street mansions, and were built in 1817. The red brick buildings with lateral gabled roofs would have provided cramped housing for up to 20 house slaves.Asbury United Methodist Church(Continued on Page 3)
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