{"id":3073,"date":"2013-06-22T13:02:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2013-06-22T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-22T20:02:11","slug":"instawalk-abandoned-ruffin-nichols-memorial-ame-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2013\/06\/instawalk-abandoned-ruffin-nichols-memorial-ame-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Instawalk: Abandoned Ruffin Nichols Memorial AME Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>i had originally intended to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/philly.curbed.com\/places\/church-of-the-assumption\">Church of the Assumption<\/a> but ended up parking by (and thus discovering) this place instead and checked it out first. (a good thing too, since in the end i was unable to access the former.) <a href=\"http:\/\/nakedphilly.com\/spring-garden\/church-collapsing-at-11th-and-mount-vernon\/\">doing research now<\/a>, it appears that the church was starting to collapse and was featured on a TV show, though i&#8217;m unsure which came first.<\/p>\n<p>you can sort of see what the building looked like on Google Earth &#8212; for orientation&#8217;s sake, i will be making references to the left and right buildings in the captions below. the left-hand building (i&#8217;m assuming it&#8217;s the sanctuary) was mostly demolished except for part of the wall closest to the other building, which housed what appeared to be classrooms\/offices downstairs and a large multipurpose room upstairs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3074\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"http:\/\/jett.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Untitled.png\" width=\"641\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/06\/Untitled.png 641w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/06\/Untitled-300x263.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/06\/Untitled-400x350.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/06\/Untitled-200x175.png 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2013\/06\/Untitled-150x131.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"It looks like the main part of the church has already been demolished (though there was another building left to explore) by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/9108594224\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"It looks like the main part of the church has already been demolished (though there was another building left to explore)\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7453\/9108594224_127a797ae6_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One end of what I&#8217;m assuming was the sanctuary (the building on the left)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"What's left of a steeple by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/9106374207\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"What's left of a steeple\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3683\/9106374207_71639d289c_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">What&#8217;s left of a steeple (on the left)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"What's left of some stained glass by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/9106378639\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"What's left of some stained glass\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2836\/9106378639_2475a54d00_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">What&#8217;s left of some stained glass, building on the left<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Upstairs. Sumihuck? by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/9108613522\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Upstairs. Sumihuck?\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7389\/9108613522_39ce5f6712_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upstairs of the building on the right. Sumihuck?<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"More stained glass by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/9106394119\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"More stained glass\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3781\/9106394119_ac103d4164_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">More stained glass (from the remaining wall of the building on the left). Surprising amount still remaining.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Love seat by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/9108626714\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Love seat\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3723\/9108626714_bc8ee54fc3_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love seat<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Someone seems to have reappropriated this mural by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/9106404803\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Someone seems to have reappropriated this mural\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7382\/9106404803_4a4a567165_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Someone seems to have reappropriated this mural<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Tree growing out of the building by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/9108640548\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tree growing out of the building\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7329\/9108640548_4378d21077_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tree growing out of the building on the right (between the two)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i had originally intended to visit the Church of the Assumption but ended up parking by (and thus discovering) this place instead and checked it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Instawalk: Abandoned Church #travel #travelblog","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[37,191,1135,562],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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