R. Nathaniel Dett Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church
Text from the plaque
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.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The Region of Niagara
The City of Niagara Falls
On the southwest corner of Peer Street and Grey Avenue
a block south of Ferry Street
N 43 05.264 W 79 05.306
Recorded November 2009. Check current access before visiting.
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