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Description
Title
22nd
Avenue
Baptist
Church
:
entrance
Creator(s)
West
,
Carroll
Van
,
photographer
Date
2005
?
Coverage
2000-2009
Property name
22nd Avenue Baptist Church
Property type
Church
Community Name
Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Description
Color
photograph
of a
three
arch
entrance
with
recessed
double
doors
and
rectangular
windows
. The
arched
entry
ways
are at the
top
of
stairs
with
two
metal
railings
.
Historical Notes
22nd
Avenue
Baptist
Church
was
one
of the
leading
Birmingham
churches
involved
in the
Alabama
Christian
Movement
for
Human
Rights
in the
Civil
Rights
era
.
It
was also an
architecturally
significant
expression
of
African-American
church
design
from the
first
half
of the
twentieth
century
and
is
attributed
through
church
records
to the
noted
African-American
architect
Wallace
Rayfield
,
who
practiced
in
Birmingham
and
other
Alabama
locales
in the
early
twentieth
century
. The
congregation
dates
to
1878
,
making
it
one
of the
early
African-American
congregations
in
North
Birmingham
.
Collection Name
African American Churches
Subject-LCSH
African American Churches -- Alabama
Church buildings -- Alabama
Subject-AAT
Churches
Subject-TGM
Churches
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
4
"
x
6
"
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission.
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use
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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