Commemorated on 1 plaque
St. Thomas' African Episcopal Church. Organized in 1792 as an outgrowth of the Free African Society, formed 1787. The original church edifice stood here. Under the ministry of the Rev. Absalom Jones (1746-1818), a former slave, this became the nation's first Black Episcopal church.
SW corner, S 5th St. & St. James Ct., Philadelphia, PA, United States where it sited