Tuesday, February 1, 2011

By: Stephanie Slepian, Staten Island Advance

Just in time for Black History Month, three homes and the AME Zion Church in Staten Island's Sandy Ground community received landmarked status today.

Founded in the early 19th Century, Sandy Ground is the oldest free Black settlement in the United States and is a place of great historical significance.

Adjacent to these newly landmarked structures is the Sandy Ground HIstorical Society Library Museum.

Read the story | Sandy Ground Historical Society Library Museum