The month of June for $250. Rev. Dr. Newton, Pastor [unclear]” At the very top, it is inscribed: “Cape May June 19, 1891.” That date, as we celebrate it now, is Juneteenth.

CAPE MAY — As a construction team reshapes the interior of a historic Black church on Franklin Street, the hope is to preserve its history, not to bury it. Built in 1888, the Allen African ...

In August 2024, Kyle Carter, a contractor, was working on scaffolding in the rafters inside the Allen AME Church in Cape May, New Jersey. The historic church and city-owned building was being ...

Dempsey said the regional AME conference, which owns the building, was not interested in reviving a dilapidated church for a dwindling congregation. It was sold to the city of Cape May for $350,000.