Quinn Chapel AME

This guide to Quinn Chapel AME in Chicago follows the oldest Black congregation in the city, organized in 1844 by seven people and rebuilt on this site in 1892 after the Great Fire destroyed their previous home. It traces the church's Underground Railroad past, when four women known as the Big Four hid freedom seekers here before the Civil War. You'll also hear about the long renovation now under way, uncovering a pressed-tin ceiling that has been hidden under paint for decades.