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Summary

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  • Samuel Plato designed it in 1914 when the Quaker abolitionist community outgrew their 19th century church.
  • First Friends Church on Adams Street
  • First Friends Church was a community center that gave space to the African American community of Indianapolis and promoted abolitionist ideologies.
  • Samuel Plato employed both Black crew members and white crew members to work on the building.[1]

Endangered Landmark Status

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  • It is now considered an endangered Indiana Landmark. Conservationists are looking to preserve it.
  1. ^ "First Friends Church". Indiana Landmarks. Retrieved 2024-03-12.

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