Redeemer's A.M.E. Zion Church/Norton House
Plainville
Diane Ross Lipari, Laurie Regish, Peg Yung, Agnes Pane
The Redeemer's African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church represents a movement also evident elsewhere in Connecticut: the joining together of African denominations in town to establish a church which nurtured black leadership and generated community support. Organized in 1903, the congregation built its church structure a year later. Throughout this century, members have been leaders in Plainville and have provided a voice for the black community.