According to www.cheltenhamtownship.org/lamott/lamott3.htm, the La Mott A.M.E. church began as a Sunday School meeting in the old wooden schoolhouse with prayer meetings in various residences.
The church building has been in existence since 1888 after Edward M. Davis, son-in-law of Lucretia Mott, donated the property. The first building was erected in 1888 at the intersection of School Lane and City Avenue (now Cheltenham Avenue). It was made of second-hand materials acquired from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. When the congregation outgrew the facility, the current building was constructed in 1911 at the same site.
The building is more than stone and mortar, it is the place where my great grandparents worshipped and where my parents married. It is also the place where my mother's aunt Bertha Jones sang in the choir and taught Sunday School. My mother sang with the 'Cheery Travellers,' a choir led by her sister-in-law Alice W. Jones.
The above photo was taken in May 2010.
The church building has been in existence since 1888 after Edward M. Davis, son-in-law of Lucretia Mott, donated the property. The first building was erected in 1888 at the intersection of School Lane and City Avenue (now Cheltenham Avenue). It was made of second-hand materials acquired from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. When the congregation outgrew the facility, the current building was constructed in 1911 at the same site.
The building is more than stone and mortar, it is the place where my great grandparents worshipped and where my parents married. It is also the place where my mother's aunt Bertha Jones sang in the choir and taught Sunday School. My mother sang with the 'Cheery Travellers,' a choir led by her sister-in-law Alice W. Jones.
The above photo was taken in May 2010.
