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Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew

Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA

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Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM) was originally two separate churches: Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, a predominantly white church, and Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church, a predominantly black church. Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church was founded in 1829 at the current location of SsAM. The original church building burned down in 1840. A new building was constructed in 1846 and enlarged in 1854. Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church began as a Sunday School for African Americans in 1846. By 1891, it had grown into a mission church and a new church site at 1201 Chippey Street was purchased that same year. By 1915, the congregation ran into a variety of issues. The old church site closed down and services were held at various locations until finally settling down in a new church at 700 Walnut Street in 1950. Due to the churches' strong commitment in social justice and history of working together, they merged together in 1996 with Saint Matthew's relocating to Saint Andrew's location under a new name.

The graveyard is the last remaining graveyard in the center of Wilmington (not to include cemeteries which unlike graveyards do not have churches on their properties). Inscriptions on some headstones indicate many of the interred died in the 1840s with the last burial in 1867. However, many of these headstones are now lost and others whose inscriptions have long since faded away could list dates of death at different time periods. Old Delaware families DeVou, Johnson, and Caulk are buried here.
Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM) was originally two separate churches: Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, a predominantly white church, and Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church, a predominantly black church. Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church was founded in 1829 at the current location of SsAM. The original church building burned down in 1840. A new building was constructed in 1846 and enlarged in 1854. Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church began as a Sunday School for African Americans in 1846. By 1891, it had grown into a mission church and a new church site at 1201 Chippey Street was purchased that same year. By 1915, the congregation ran into a variety of issues. The old church site closed down and services were held at various locations until finally settling down in a new church at 700 Walnut Street in 1950. Due to the churches' strong commitment in social justice and history of working together, they merged together in 1996 with Saint Matthew's relocating to Saint Andrew's location under a new name.

The graveyard is the last remaining graveyard in the center of Wilmington (not to include cemeteries which unlike graveyards do not have churches on their properties). Inscriptions on some headstones indicate many of the interred died in the 1840s with the last burial in 1867. However, many of these headstones are now lost and others whose inscriptions have long since faded away could list dates of death at different time periods. Old Delaware families DeVou, Johnson, and Caulk are buried here.

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