Sunnyslope, also known as Bright Temple A.M.E. Church, is a historic home located in the South Bronx in New York City

New York City

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. It was built about 1860 and is a -story Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

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–style house built in the Picturesque mode. In 1919 it was sold to Temple Beth Elohim and later became home to an African Methodist Episcopal

African Methodist Episcopal Church

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 congregation.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1983.