R. Nathaniel Dett Chapel,
British Methodist Episcopal Church

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - November, 2009

Plaque Location

In the City of Niagara Falls in the Region of Niagara
at coordinates N 43 05.264 W 79 05.306

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Plaque Text

An important community icon, this chapel bears witness to the early black settlement of the Niagara region and marks the role of the church in assisting newly arrived Underground Railroad refugees. It was constructed on Murray Street in 1836 and was later rolled on logs to this site. In 1983 the chapel, part of the British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada, was named for Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), a parishioner who became an internationally renowned musician and composer of North American sacred music.

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