In 1847, the group organized as a congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States.

In the years leading up to the Civil War, the church played an important role in the city's abolitionist movement.

The current structure, designed by architect Henry F. Starbuck and built in 1892 at 2401 South Wabash Avenue, reflects the area's late 19th-century character.

In 1992, Quinn Chapel joined with three other nearby churches to found The Renaissance Collaborative: a non-profit organization devoted to saving the historic Wabash YMCA and fulfilling the needs of the Bronzeville community.

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