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There Went The Neighborhood: Old Neighborhood Walking Tour

Tue, 07/23/2024 - 6:20pm

This filmed walking tour was created during production of There Went The Neighborhood: The Closing of Jones School by the Ann Arbor District Library and 7 Cylinders Studio (7CS). Led by three former Jones School students–Roger Brown, Cheryl (Jewett) O’Neal, and Omer Jean (Dixon) Winborn–the tour describes changes that have taken place in the neighborhood surrounding the school over the past several decades. Key stops in order of appearance include the former Jones School, Ann Street Black Business District, Dunbar Center, Bethel AME Church, Wheeler Park, and Second Baptist Church.

The route (although filmed in a different order) was inspired by the Living Oral History Project’s Walking Tour of a Historically Black Neighborhood in Ann Arbor, which was created in partnership between the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County (AACHM) and the Ann Arbor District Library. Check out that tour to view these locations in person alongside historical photographs and interview excerpts!

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Old Bethel A. M. E. Church (1891), May 2, 2020 Photographer: Amy Cantu

Old Bethel A. M. E. Church (1891), May 2, 2020 image

Year:
2020

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Apartments, 632 N Fourth Ave, formerly Bethel AME Church, North of Kerrytown Neighborhood, September 13, 2021 Photographer: Steve Jensen

Apartments, 632 N Fourth Ave, formerly Bethel AME Church, North of Kerrytown Neighborhood, September 13, 2021 image

Year:
2021

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on North Fourth Avenue, July 1958 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on North Fourth Avenue, July 1958 image

Year:
1958

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 3, 1958
Caption:
LANDMARK CHURCH: One of the oldest churches in Ann Arbor is the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church at 632 N. Fourth Ave., built in 1891. Funds for building the church were contributed by city businessmen and the labor was furnished free by the church members.