R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church

R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church is a National Historic Site of Canada in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Ontario · 5674 Peer Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario · location approximate

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R. NATHANIEL DETT CHAPEL, BRITISH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH An important community icon, this chapel bares 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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CHAPELLE R. NATHANIEL DETT, BRITISH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Symbole social par excellence, cette chapelle évoque l'établissement des premiers Noirs dans la région de Niagara et le rôle de l'Église concernant l'accueil des réfugiés du chemin de fer clandestin. Érigée en 1836 dans la rue Murray, elle fut par la suite transportée sur billots jusqu'à son site actuel. En 1983, cette chapelle de la British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada reçut le nom de Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) en l'honneur de son plus célèbre paroissien qui devint par son talent de musicien et de compositeur une figure internationale de la musique sacrée nord-américaine.

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