Walter S. & Alice Long House, 308 Wordsworth Avenue, Altoona, Blair Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-5913 Building/structure dates: 1926- 1927 Initial Construction
Tranquillity, California. Sunday morning service. Migrants from the so...
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First Catholic Slovak Band Hall, 716 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, Cambr...
Survey number: HABS PA-5745 Building/structure dates: ca. 1943 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1950 Subsequent Work
St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, Highway 484, Melrose, Natchitoche...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Missions of San Buenaventura & San Isidro, New Mexico Highway 14, Moun...
Significance: During the early period of Spanish colonization in New Mexico, Franciscan missionaries undertook the conversion of the Salinas Pueblos. Four of the missions established at that time are now inclu... More
Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...
Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More
Harmony Street Baptist Church, 527 Forty-Second Place North, Birmingha...
Significance: The building's architect, Wallace A. Rayfield, was a notably successful African American architect in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. After earning a B.S. degree in classics in 1896... More
Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More
John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA
Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More
John Parke House, 345 Main Street, Parkesburg, Chester County, PA
Significance: This small 19th century frame house over a fully raised basement of stuccoed stone was built circa 1846. One the first floor, two rooms had walls decorated with painted murals and trompe-d'oeil wo... More
St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Residence of Dean, 215 Nort...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23, FN-24 Survey number: HABS PA-39 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840- ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1931 Subsequent Work
St. John's Episcopal Mission, Chapel & Rectory, Fort Bennett Vicinity,...
Survey number: HABS SD-5 Building/structure dates: 1885-1886 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1892-1893 Subsequent Work
St. John's Episcopal Mission, Chapel & Rectory, Fort Bennett Vicinity,...
Survey number: HABS SD-5 Building/structure dates: 1885-1886 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1892-1893 Subsequent Work
Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, Stuyvesant Avenue, Union, Union...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-416 Survey number: HABS NJ-539 Building/structure dates: 1783 Initial Construction
Craven Hall, Southeast corner of Street Road & Newtown Road (Warminste...
Significance: A good example of a rural attempt at high style (Philadelphia influenced) architecture, with Greek Revival detailing. This high style influence along with its sensitivity to proportion make it uni... More
Craven Hall, Southeast corner of Street Road & Newtown Road (Warminste...
Significance: A good example of a rural attempt at high style (Philadelphia influenced) architecture, with Greek Revival detailing. This high style influence along with its sensitivity to proportion make it uni... More
St. Joseph's Chapel, Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This excellent example of a rural, Queen Anne style chapel was the first building erected by the Christian Brothers as part of the Ammendale Normal Institute, a catholic novitiate. Survey number:... More
St. Joseph's Chapel, Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This excellent example of a rural, Queen Anne style chapel was the first building erected by the Christian Brothers as part of the Ammendale Normal Institute, a catholic novitiate. Survey number:... More
St. Joseph's Chapel, Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Count...
Significance: This excellent example of a rural, Queen Anne style chapel was the first building erected by the Christian Brothers as part of the Ammendale Normal Institute, a catholic novitiate. Survey number:... More
St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...
Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More
Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince...
Significance: This is the only pre-Revolutionary War Roman Catholic Church in the county, and the site of important events in the development of the Catholic Church in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-1014 Bu... More
Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
Significance: A good example of one of the architecturally more pretentious medium-sized town houses of Christiansted, St. Croix. It is not typical, but has, however, the construction details and the architect... More
Abraham Hall, 7612 Old Muirkirk Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Coun...
Significance: Built for the Benevolent Sons and Daughters of Abraham, this is a rare example of a late nineteenth-century benevolent society hall, the most outstanding example in the county. It was the focal p... More
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2401 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook Co...
2000 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designated a Chicago Landmark in 1977 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, the Quinn Chapel houses the oldest African American cong... More
Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...
2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More
Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...
2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More
Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...
2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More
Unitarian Church of Urbana, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Champaign...
2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Unitarian Church of Urbana was built in 1908 and designed by Walter Root. This church was the first at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign that ... More
Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...
Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More
Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...
Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Third & Pine Streets, Philade...
Significance: St. Peter's Church was built between 1758-1761 as a Chapel of Christ church and maintained until 1832 when a separation from the parent body was effected. Survey number: HABS PA-1118 Building/st... More
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Third & Pine Streets, Philade...
Significance: St. Peter's Church was built between 1758-1761 as a Chapel of Christ church and maintained until 1832 when a separation from the parent body was effected. Survey number: HABS PA-1118 Building/st... More
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Third & Pine Streets, Philade...
Significance: St. Peter's Church was built between 1758-1761 as a Chapel of Christ church and maintained until 1832 when a separation from the parent body was effected. Survey number: HABS PA-1118 Building/st... More
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Third & Pine Streets, Philade...
Significance: St. Peter's Church was built between 1758-1761 as a Chapel of Christ church and maintained until 1832 when a separation from the parent body was effected. Survey number: HABS PA-1118 Building/st... More
Alexander Campbell Mansion, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County, WV
Significance: The Campbell Mansion and its accompanying landscape is significant not only as the home of Alexander Campbell, a guiding light in the founding of the Christian church movement, but as an important... More
Alexander Campbell Mansion, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County, WV
Significance: The Campbell Mansion and its accompanying landscape is significant not only as the home of Alexander Campbell, a guiding light in the founding of the Christian church movement, but as an important... More
Alexander Campbell Mansion, Route 67, Bethany, Brooke County, WV
Significance: The Campbell Mansion and its accompanying landscape is significant not only as the home of Alexander Campbell, a guiding light in the founding of the Christian church movement, but as an important... More
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Middlesex & Oaks Avenues, Metuchen, Middl...
Significance: This small wooden Gothic Revival church was built in 1868 and is well maintained. Survey number: HABS NJ-711 Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1... More
Christ Church at Accokeek, 600 West Farmington Road, Accokeek, Prince ...
Significance: Christ Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, built in 1747. The building displays characteristics of both Colonial-era ecclesiastic architecture, and of Victorian... More
Christ Church at Accokeek, 600 West Farmington Road, Accokeek, Prince ...
Significance: Christ Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, built in 1747. The building displays characteristics of both Colonial-era ecclesiastic architecture, and of Victorian... More
Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seavill...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-124 Survey number: HABS NJ-74 Building/structure dates: ca. 1716 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1727 Initial Construction Bu... More
Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seavill...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-124 Survey number: HABS NJ-74 Building/structure dates: ca. 1716 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1727 Initial Construction Bu... More
St. Francis Xavier Church, State Route 243 Vicinity, Compton, St. Mary...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-136 Survey number: HABS MD-322 Building/structure dates: 1767 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1776 Subsequent Work
St. Francis Xavier Church, State Route 243 Vicinity, Compton, St. Mary...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-136 Survey number: HABS MD-322 Building/structure dates: 1767 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1776 Subsequent Work
Trinity Episcopal Church, 14519 Church Street, Upper Marlboro, Prince ...
Significance: Trinity Church is an important landmark in the town of Upper Marlboro due to its associations with prominent families of the county, and as an excellent example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastic arch... More
John Heard Estate, State Route 1A, Ipswich, Essex County, MA
Significance: Site belonged to John Heard, a merchant, who supported patriot and federalist platforms in early American politics. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-108 Survey numbe... More
John Heard Estate, State Route 1A, Ipswich, Essex County, MA
Significance: Site belonged to John Heard, a merchant, who supported patriot and federalist platforms in early American politics. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-108 Survey numbe... More
South Elyton Baptist Church, 102 First Street, South, Birmingham, Jeff...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, cathedral, religious building, 17th,18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix...
Significance: This large masonry and wood frame structure housed at one time at least two full families, one to each of the upper floors. On each floor are central living rooms flanked by bedrooms and other se... More
Trinity Episcopal Parish House, 1009 Vermont Street, Lawrence, Douglas...
Significance: This stone structure in the Gothic style is the earliest church building in Kansas (with the exception of the early Indian missions) and dates from Territorial times. Survey number: HABS KS-10 B... More
Mission San Gregorio de Abo, State Highway 513, Mountainair vicinity, ...
Significance: The Mission of San Gregorio de Abo, built in the late 1620's, is one of four missions built in the Salinas Province of early Spanish colonization in New Mexico which today comprise Salinas Nationa... More
St. Charles Roman Catholic Chapel, 4078 Louisiana State Highway 494, N...
Survey number: HABS LA-1315 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital, Building No. 19, Southfie...
Significance: Building 19 was added on to the rear of Building 1's Rear Center Wing in 1948. It originally contained the hospital kitchen and the Staff and Attendants' Dining Rooms. The interior was modified ... More
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Adams & Third Streets, Nicod...
See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district & fieldnotes. Significance: Probably, the first relatively significant stone church edifice on Nicodemus town site. Nativ... More
Reverend Timothy Walker House, 276 North Main Street, Concord, Merrima...
Significance: The old (1733-74) portion of the house is representative of the typical New England minister's house in the 2nd quarter of the 18th century. It was enlarged toward the end of the century and agai... More
Ceremonial Cave, Bland, Sandoval County, NM
Public domain photograph of a cave, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kiva (Large), Bland, Sandoval County, NM
Survey number: HABS NM-16 Building/structure dates: ca. 1513 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1937 Subsequent Work
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seldovia, Kenai Peninsula Boroug...
Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. One of the older ones, the church in Seldovia features a square cupola over t... More
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter & Saint Paul, Bishop's Garden, Interse...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
First Baptist Church, 379 East Beale Street, Memphis, Shelby County, T...
Significance: This mid-nineteenth century church was the first brick church built in the South by African Americans for African American worship. One of its earliest and most notable guest speakers was General ... More
Monroe Elementary School, 1515 Monroe Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, ...
Significance: The Monroe School is one of two elementary schools in Topeka that is associated with the Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision in Oliver Brown et al v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. T... More
Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church, 518 Thirty-second Street, South, ...
Significance: The Thirty-Second Street Baptist Church was organized in the early 20th Century as the Rising Star Baptist Church. Since 1910, the church has been located on 32nd Street (Lots 23 and 24 in Block 4... More
Old Stone Church & Cemetery, Off US Route 76, Clemson, Pickens County,...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Shelton Square, Buffalo, Erie County, ...
Significance: St. Paul's Cathedral a key architectural landmark in downtown Buffalo serves as visual anchor for the south Main Street area. It is flanked on the west by Sullivan's Prudential Building of 189... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Shelton Square, Buffalo, Erie County, ...
Significance: St. Paul's Cathedral a key architectural landmark in downtown Buffalo serves as visual anchor for the south Main Street area. It is flanked on the west by Sullivan's Prudential Building of 189... More
Presbyterian Church, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ
Significance: Associated with the development of Clifton. Also an unusual example of a combination of Mission Revival architecture with Bungalow style elements. Survey number: HABS AZ-193 Building/structure d... More
Congregational Mission, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, White Shield...
Significance: The Congregational Mission building was build at Fort Berthold in 1876 and designed by architect Charles Lemon Hall. Hall was among the many missionaries that came to the Great Plains region to te... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 11 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Coun...
Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church was commissioned by Miss Caroline L.W. French of Boston in memory of her father. The structure was designed by J.W. Northrup of Bridgeport, CT. The cornerstone was laid... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 11 Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Coun...
Significance: St. Paul's Episcopal Church was commissioned by Miss Caroline L.W. French of Boston in memory of her father. The structure was designed by J.W. Northrup of Bridgeport, CT. The cornerstone was laid... More
Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Isla...
Significance: Constructed in 1935-36, this church is one of the few buildings on the island that was not constructed by the government. Financed by the natives, the church's separate elements sanctuary, nave... More
Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni, Zuni Pueblo, Zuni, McKinl...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
St. George's Church, Valley Lee, St. Mary's County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-696 Public domain photograph - monument, cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, n... More
Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charle...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS SD-4 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charle...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS SD-4 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charle...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS SD-4 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charle...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS SD-4 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
Old Fort Randall Church, Right Bank, Missouri River, Pickstown, Charle...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS SD-4 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...
Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More
Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...
Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More
Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...
Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More
Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...
Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More
Shaker Church Family Dwelling House, State Route 4A, Enfield, Grafton ...
Significance: Unusually large and heavy masonry structure for this area. The largest of several remaining buildings of a defunct Shaker colony. Characteristically Shaker in its lack of decoration and austerit... More
Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...
Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More
Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...
Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More
Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...
Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More
Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...
Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More
Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...
Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More
Church of St. James the Less, 3200 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphi...
Significance: Built between 1846 and 1848, St. James the Less is the first pure example of a Medieval Parish Church in the United States. It is also the first church to be inspired by, and constructed under the... More
St. Mary's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3978 Littlestown Pike, Westmin...
2011 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: St. Mary's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a stone Gothic Revival structure built 1894-95. It was designed by regionally significant architect J. A. Dempwolf ... More
St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Webster Field Road, Saint Inigoes ...
Survey number: HABS MD-166 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Holy Trinity Church, Annapolis Road (State Route 450), Collington, Pri...
Survey number: HABS MD-625 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spring Hill Church, U.S. Route 50, Hebron, Wicomico County, MD
Survey number: HABS MD-715 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction
Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Significance: The Curtis Freewill Baptist Church served as both a religious building for students of Storer College and as its own congregational church for African American residents of Harpers Ferry and nearb... More
Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Significance: The Curtis Freewill Baptist Church served as both a religious building for students of Storer College and as its own congregational church for African American residents of Harpers Ferry and nearb... More
Addison Chapel, 5610 Addison Road, Seat Pleasant, Prince George's Coun...
Significance: Addison Chapel is one of the oldest standing ecclesiastical structures in Prince George's County. Although the current chapel (the third on this site) was probably built after the Revolutionary W... More
Valley Methodist Manse, North side of T355 (Wayne Township), Brock, Gr...
Survey number: HABS PA-619 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1967 Subsequent Work
Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...
Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More
Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...
Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More
Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...
Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More
Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...
Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More