Michigan Street Baptist Church

Macedonia Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Macedonia Baptist Church building
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Location	511 Michigan Ave., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°53′10″N78°52′3″W / 42.88611°N 78.86750°W / 42.88611; -78.86750
Built	1845
NRHP reference No.	74001233 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 12, 1974

Macedonia Baptist Church, more commonly known as Michigan Street Baptist Church, is a historic African American Baptist church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a brick church constructed in 1845. Samuel H. Davis was the congregation's fifth pastor, helped raise money for a church building, and as a mason did much of the construction himself. He gave the welcoming address at the 1843 National Convention of Colored Citizens of America.

Rev. J. Edward Nash (1868–1957) served the congregation from 1892 to 1953. His home, the Rev. J. Edward Nash, Sr. House, is located nearby. ^[2] Rev. Nash's papers are partially digitized at Buffalo State University. ^[3]

Site marker for the former Michigan Street Baptist Church.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. ^[1]

In 2013, the church was the subject of a thorough historic structure report, which is now online at Archive.org. ^[4]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Cornelia E. Brooke (October 1973). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Macedonia Baptist Church. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
3. Nash, J. Edward. "Ref. J. Edward Nash Papers". Monroe Fordham Regional History Center at Butler Library. Buffalo State University. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
4. Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition; Crawford & Sterns Architects; Historical New York Research Associates (2013). "Historic structure report for the Michigan Street Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-11-09.

External links

• Buffalo as an Architectural Museum, Michigan Street Baptist Church
• African American Registry, Michigan Street Baptist Church ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• People Associated with the Michigan Street Baptist Church by Dr. Judith Wellman and The Buffalo History Museum.