St. Matthew A.M.E. Church

Historical marker location:

Midway, Kentucky

( 112 S. Winter St., Midway)

St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church. Est. in 1860. Served as a recruitment office during Civil War. Lot was purchased May 9, 1854, for location of first church building. Rev. Moses Burks was 1st minister of the old frame church. In 1886, Rev. J. Frazier & members erected brick church that later burned with old frame church. Present church was built in 1892.

African American Civil War A.M.E. Church