{"nrhp_refnum":"80003622","name":"Union Methodist Episcopal Church","other_names":["Jones Tabernacle AME Church and Parish House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2019 W. Diamond St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.986276856000075,"lon":-75.16705190899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Richardsonian Romanesque church and attached parish house on the 2000 block of Diamond Street in north Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1888-89 to designs by the Philadelphia firm Hazelhurst & Huckel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is significant for its architecture, as a strong example of Richardsonian Romanesque design by Hazelhurst & Huckel, and for its reflection of the northward move of Philadelphia's middle-class congregations after the Civil War. It also notes the building's later association with Jones A.M.E. Church and Dr. Richard R. Wright.","narrative":"Built in 1888-89 on Diamond Street in north Philadelphia, the Union Methodist Episcopal Church and its parish house were designed by the Philadelphia firm Hazelhurst & Huckel in the Richardsonian Romanesque manner associated with H. H. Richardson of Boston. The stone facade features a large quarry-faced entrance arch on squat Syrian columns, a tripartite stained glass window set within a cylindrical buttress, and a gable with a checkerboard stone pattern. Inside, cast iron columns support the wood truss of a broad, open nave, and most of the original oak pews and furnishings survive. The building reflects the move of middle-class congregations to the new residential districts formed after the Civil War, at the end of the horse car lines. Its architecture is regarded as an unusually vigorous handling of the Romanesque style. Later, the church was sold to Jones A.M.E. Church, a congregation founded by Dr. Richard R. Wright, a prominent African Methodist Episcopal figure.","period_of_significance":"1888-1889","architect_builder":"Hazelhurst & Huckel (architects)","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.20448-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003622.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003622/03f44c6b3f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003622/03f44c6b3f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_ME_Church_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_ME_Church_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997382","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Methodist_Episcopal_Church_(Philadelphia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7885834"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/union-methodist-episcopal-church-80003622/"}