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Description
Title
Old
Metropolitan
Christian
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
:
side
view
Creator(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
,
photographer
Date
2005
?
Coverage
2000-2009
Property name
Old Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Additional property name
Christ
Temple
Apostolic
Faith
Mission
Church
of
God
Property type
Church
Community Name
Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Description
Color
photograph
of the
side
of a
gray
brick
church
building
having
elongated
pointed
arched
windows
, and
red
roof
.
Historical Notes
Old
Metropolitan
CME
Church
,
now
Christ
Temple
AFM
Church
of
God
, was
established
in
1900
and its
first
building
was
constructed
in
1917
. The
church
is
in the
heart
of the
historic
African
American
neighborhood
of
Ensley
, an
industrial
area
in
west
Birmingham
. The
church
received
a
major
renovation
in
1960
and
sold
in
1967
to a
congregation
of the
Apostolic
Faith
Mission
.
Old
Metropolitan
was
one
of the
leading
Ensley
churches
involved
in the
Alabama
Christian
Movement
for
Human
Rights
in the
Civil
Rights
era
.
It
is
the
only
extant
historic
CME
church
building
still
in the
Birmingham
area
that was
significantly
involved
with the
ACMHR
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American Churches -- Tennessee
Subject-AAT
Churches
Subject-TGM
Churches
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
4
x
6
in.
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use
Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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