The Second Baptist Church, located at 441 Monroe Street within Greektown in Detroit, Michigan, is the oldest African-American church in the Midwestern United States. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Lott Cary was an African-American Baptist minister and lay physician who was a missionary leader in the founding of the colony of Liberia on the west coast of Africa in the 1820s. He founded the first Baptist church there in 1822, now known as Providence Baptist Church of Monrovia. He served as the colony's acting governor from August 1828 to his death in November of that year.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". Two listings, the New York State Barge Canal and the Cobblestone Historic District, are further designated a National Historic Landmark.
Tuckahoe, also known as Tuckahoe Plantation, or Historic Tuckahoe is located in Tuckahoe, Virginia on Route 650 near Manakin, Virginia overlapping both Goochland and Henrico counties, six miles from the town of the same name. Built in the first half of the 18th century, it is a well-preserved example of a colonial plantation house, and is particularly distinctive as a colonial prodigy house. Thomas Jefferson is also recorded as having spent some of his childhood here. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1969.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Cortland, New York, also known as "The Old Cobblestone Church," is an historic cobblestone church building located at 3 Church Street in Cortland, New York, United States. Built in 1837, the building was established as a Universalist church. Since 1961, the congregation has been a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association due to a denominational merger. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Cortland was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
St. Thomas Manor (1741) is a historic home and Catholic church complex located near Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland. Known as St. Ignatius Church and Cemetery, the manor house complex is the oldest continuously occupied Jesuit residence in the world. The mission settlement of Chapel Point was established in 1641 by Father Andrew White, S.J., an English Jesuit missionary. Father White ministered to the Potapoco Native Americans, some of whom he converted to Catholicism. Established in 1662, this is the oldest continuously active Roman Catholic parish in the American Thirteen Colonies. With the consecration in 1794 of Bishop John Carroll, St. Thomas became the first Roman Catholic see in the United States.
First Baptist Church was the first Baptist church in Petersburg, Virginia; one of the first African-American Baptist congregations in the United States, and one of the oldest black churches in the nation. It established one of the first local schools for black children in the nation.
The Constant Riley W. Bixby House is a historic house located at 2888 Carmen Road in Hartland, Niagara County, New York.
Amzi Bradley Farmstead is a historic home located at Hartland in Niagara County, New York. It is a two-story cobblestone structure built in 1836 by Connecticut native Amzi Bradley, in the Greek Revival style. It features irregularly shaped, variously colored cobbles in its construction. It is one of approximately 47 cobblestone structures in Niagara County.
Harrington Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex is a historic home and farm complex located at Hartland in Niagara County, New York. It is a 1+1⁄2-story cobblestone structure built in 1843 by Vermont native Harry Harrington, in the Greek Revival style. It features irregularly shaped, variously colored cobbles in its construction. It is one of approximately 47 cobblestone structures in Niagara County. Also on the property are a full array of historic farm outbuildings.
District #10 Schoolhouse is a historic One-room school located at Hartland in Niagara County, New York. It is a one-story cobblestone structure built about 1845 in the Greek Revival style. It features smooth, slight irregularly shaped, variously colored cobbles in its construction. It operated as a school until 1947 when it was converted into a private residence. It was recently acquired by the Hartland Historical Society. It is one of approximately 47 cobblestone structures in Niagara County.
North Ridge United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist church located at North Ridge, New York in Niagara County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style cobblestone church constructed in 1848. It features mostly round, evenly colored, lake washed cobbles. It is one of approximately 47 cobblestone buildings in Niagara County.
Phelps Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Phelps in Ontario County, New York, USA. The church was constructed in 1845 and is an example of Greek Revival style, cobblestone ecclesiastical architecture. It is a rectangular, gable roofed building built primarily of lake washed cobbles. It is among the approximately 101 cobblestone buildings in Ontario County and 26 in the village and town of Phelps.
Webster Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Webster in Monroe County, New York. It is a large Greek Revival style cobblestone church building built in 1856. The building features an octagonal open domed belfry supported by eight Ionic columns. It has a veneer of small, rounded and uniform lake-washed cobbles. It is one of only 14 cobblestone church buildings in New York state, and of 106 cobblestone structures in Monroe County. The building was fully renovated in 1965.
First African Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 264-272 E. Short Street in Lexington, Kentucky. The congregation was founded c. 1790 by Peter Durrett and his wife, slaves who came to Kentucky with their master, Rev. Joseph Craig, in 1781 with "The Travelling Church" of Baptists from Spotsylvania, Virginia.
Morse Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home and farm complex located at Wilson in Niagara County, New York. It was constructed between about 1840 and 1845. It is an L-shaped cobblestone building with a 2-story, three-bay-wide main block and 1+1⁄2-story, four-bay side block and rear kitchen block in the Greek Revival style. It has a porch along the side wing added about 1910. It features irregularly shaped, variously colored cobbles in its construction. It is one of approximately 47 cobblestone structures in Niagara County. Also on the property are two fieldstone barns.
First Baptist Church of Mumford is a historic Baptist church located at Mumford in Monroe County, New York. It was built in 1852, and is a three-by-four-bay, vernacular Greek Revival–style frame church building on a cobblestone foundation. It features a square, three stage tower. Minor expansions and alterations were done to the building through 1917.
