- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church, American, founded 1887
- Date
- ca. 1887
- Medium
- wood, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 46 1/8 × 32 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (117.2 × 83.2 × 50.2 cm)
- Description
- Lectern used at the Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church in Lyles Station, Indiana. The lectern is made of wood and has metal nails, hinges and cabinet hardware. The top of the lectern has a wooden book stand attached to a large flat piece of wood. Curved wooden brackets are attached to the top on both sides. The back of the lectern has a cabinet door attached to it. The door has a metal latch on the left side and two hinges on the right side.
- Place used
- Lyles Station, Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- lecterns
- Topic
- African Methodist Episcopal
- Communities
- Methodist
- Preaching
- Religion
- Rural life
- The Black Church
- Worship services
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation
- Object number
- 2012.155.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




