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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
Latitude/Longitude
33.542371,-86.813419
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
Subject-AAT
Churches
Subject-TGM
Churches
Type
Still image
Format
jpeg2000
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
4
"
x
6
"
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
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
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Source file
22AveBap007
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