Skip to content
Newtown Alive Black History African American History
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • NCHD HISTORY
    • OUR TEAM
    • In Memoriam
  • ARTICLES
    • NEWS
    • Blog
  • NEWTOWN’S HISTORY
    • NEWTOWN HISTORIC MARKER LISTINGS
    • HISTORY TIMELINE
    • The Integration of Sarasota Beaches
    • THE PEOPLE
    • THE PLACES
    • HISTORIC PRESERVATION
      IN NEWTOWN
    • GALLERY
  • SHOP
  • CONTACT US
  • BOOK A TOUR
  • DONATE
×
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • NCHD HISTORY
    • OUR TEAM
    • In Memoriam
  • ARTICLES
    • NEWS
    • Blog
  • NEWTOWN’S HISTORY
    • NEWTOWN HISTORIC MARKER LISTINGS
    • HISTORY TIMELINE
    • The Integration of Sarasota Beaches
    • THE PEOPLE
    • THE PLACES
    • HISTORIC PRESERVATION
      IN NEWTOWN
    • GALLERY
  • SHOP
  • CONTACT US
  • BOOK A TOUR
  • DONATE

Second African American Church

  1. Home
  2. History
  3. Second African American Church
  • Posted on December 2, 1903
  • By Newtown Alive
  • In History

In 1903, Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church was the second church built by and for African Americans. Leonard Reid and wife Eddye Coleman were influential in forming this church.

African American chapel church churches Leonard Reid
FacebookTwitterLinkedIn
Leonard Reid Worked for Mayor Colonel John Hamilton Gillespie
Previous
The Railroad in Sarasota
Next
Newtown Alive
Newtown Alive

Recommended Posts

2005–Present — Looking for Angola Initiative
January 2025 — Cultural Center Celebrates First Anniversary
April 19, 2024 — Newtown Added to National Register of Historic Places
January 2024 — Leonard Reid House Opens as Cultural Center

Want to read more? Download the Full Newtown History Research Report!

download the report today

Contact Us

Newtown Alive Black History African American History

thesaacc.org
newtownalivesrq@gmail.com

Facebook Youtube Instagram

Resources

Looking for Angola Acknowledgements
Privacy Policy
Conditions and Terms of Use
Disclosure Requirements

donate today

Sign up for our Newsletter

Stay connected to Newtown—sign up for the Newtown Alive newsletter to get the latest stories, events, and updates. You can also explore past articles to discover the history and voices shaping the community. Read our past articles here.

COPYRIGHT© 2026 NEWTOWN ALIVE | Built by Spaghetti Ninja Creative Studios