16th Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama)

USA / Alabama / Birmingham / Birmingham, Alabama / 6th Avenue North, 1530
 African American Civil Rights Movement, place with historical importance, Baptist church, Romanesque (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic landmark, U.S. National Historic Landmark
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1530 Sixth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 251-9402
www.16thstreetbaptist.org/

Historic Baptist church listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1911
Architect: Wallace Rayfield
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival
Area: 0.269 acres
Date added to NRHP: 9/17/1980
Other designations: Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage; U.S. National Historic Landmark
Notes: A landmark of the African American Civil Rights Movement. The church was bombed in 1963, killing four young girls.

www.bplonline.org/resources/Digital_Project/SixteenthSt...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church
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Coordinates:   33°31'0"N   86°48'53"W
This article was last modified 6 years ago