Origins of Zion Chapel
Zion Chapel is an African American church.
The church was funded by and townspeople Amherst College for a time.
The Africans didn't want to go to a white church.
The church was founded in 1816.
The services started in 1896.
Henry Jackson's wife, Olive Prutt Jackson, had her funeral at Zion Chapel.
Recent photo of Goodwin Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church
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