Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, known as Mother Emanuel, is the oldest Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, and one of the first AME churches in the country, serving as a beacon of survival and resilience throughout its history.
First Church in Oberlin served as an agent of reform in the years leading up to and following the Civil War.
Judson Memorial Church in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan was established as part of the institutional church movement, which called for churches to be used seven days a week for community-serving purposes in addition to religious worship.
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe is the oldest continuously operating Protestant congregation in New Mexico.
Founded in 1665, the First Baptist Church of Boston is one of the oldest Baptist congregations in the United States and an early example of architect Henry Hobson Richardson’s work.