Abyssinian Meeting House
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PublishedMay 16, 2022
After 25 years, Abyssinian Meeting House restoration is sprinting toward completion
A recent $1.7 million federal budget allocation should make it possible to complete the decades-long project well before the building's 200th anniversary.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2022
Abyssinian Meeting House restoration to get $1.7 million in federal funding
The money will allow the committee that has been restoring one of America's oldest Black churches to complete its work.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2021
Abyssinian Meeting House could receive $1.7 million in federal funding
The money would be used to complete the restoration of the historic former church built by some of Portland's earliest Black residents.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2021
Abyssinian restoration group raised $375,000 after Black Lives Matter marches
The money will help restore the historic Black meetinghouse in Portland before its 200th anniversary, but more work must be done to make that happen.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2020
Effort to restore Portland’s historic African American meetinghouse sees surge of support
Many have donated recently to the group restoring the historic former Black church building in Portland, but the project needs $1 million more.
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PublishedJune 21, 2020
The Abyssinian and the struggle to save Black history in Maine
Leonard Cummings has led the effort to restore the Abyssinian Meeting House in Portland for 25 years; now he hopes that people show Black Lives Matter by helping to complete the project.
