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AME Zion Congregation Seeks New Church After Fire
The Seventh Avenue AME Zion Church in Troy seeks funds and a new building after their Fifth Avenue structure was burned in a 1957 fire. The article traces the congregation from 1828 origins as the colored class of the State Street mother church through relocations on Fifth Street and Seventh Avenue, noting key pastors, NAACP involvement, and a 1957 mortgage burn ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Joseph Hillman
Seventh Avenue
State Street
Fifth Avenue
John Dungy
Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of
Fifth Street
Liberty Street
Hillman
George Bristol
Seventh Street
Broadway
AME Zion Church
Richard Noyes
Mr. Dungy
Mr. Hillman
John A. Williams
Jacob Thomas
William H. Decker
National Association of Colored People
Liberty Presbyterian
NAACP
Harvey D. White
AME
Mack Brandon
Zion
Troy Music Hall
Roy Wilkins
J. W. Findley
New York
A. L. Pierce
J. H. Miller
T. C. McDougal
J. W. Hayes
George W. A. Laws
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Fifth Near
Jay
Zion Church
Samuel Thompson
Sally
Virginia
Marvin
Record Newspapers
Dwight Marvin
James Thompson
Hannah
R. C. Reynolds Co
William Griffin
Frank Thomas
Ishmael Palmer
Daniel Dixon
YMCA
John J. Epps
Joseph Williams
William H. Frear & Co
Aarpet
John Adams
Jane D. Reese
Fannie Hayes