First Cambria AME Zion Church

First Cambria AME Zion Church is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Johnstown, Cambria County, dedicated 1997.

409 Haynes St., at Menoher Blvd., Johnstown

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Formed 1873 in the loft of the Woodvale Tannery by workers there. Organized as Cambria Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, 1874, at Napoleon and Dibert Sts. About 1877 it moved here. Washed from its foundation in the 1889 flood but later restored.

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Historical maps covering this location

1865 · County map of the State of Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Colton's Township Pennsylvania (1871) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Railway Map of the State of Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1878 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Johnstown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1878, covering the location of First Cambria AME Zion Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1878, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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