Today, many visit this block to go to City Hall or the Linebaugh Public Library; however, in the grand scheme of Murfreesboro’s history, these places are relatively new. Before the Broad Street Project that began in 1952, the landscape looked…

Allen Chapel AME was founded shortly after the abolishment of slavery in 1866 and it is one of Murfreesboro oldest African American congregations. It is named after the denomination's founder, Richard Allen. Over the course of the late…