Mount Olive Cathedral

Mount Olive Cathedral
Mount Olive Cathedral photographed in 2017.
Religion
Affiliation	Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Status	Active
Location
Location	Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
State	Tennessee
Architecture
Architect(s)	R. H. Hunt
Type	Cathedral
Style	Beaux-Arts Classicism
Completed	1907
First Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	35°08′19″N90°02′38″W / 35.13861°N 90.04389°W / 35.13861; -90.04389
MPS	Religious Resources of Memphis, Shelby County, TN MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000182
Added to NRHP	March 15, 2005

Mount Olive Cathedral is a Christian Methodist Episcopal church in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. It is located on the corners of Linden Avenue and Lauderdale Street. The Reverend Dr. Stevey M. Wilburn is the current minister of the cathedral. ^[1]

History

Mt. Olive Cathedral originally started as a church in the Jug Factory on the corner of South Orleans and Georgia Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. As the congregation grew, the church moved into a building they had rented, and from there a brick church was built on Georgia Avenue. In 1952, the church moved to its current place and became a cathedral. This building was designed by R. H. Hunt for First Baptist Church in 1907. ^[2] When the white Baptist congregation sold the building to the African American CME one, the cooperation of the segregated churches was reported in an article in the New York Times . ^[3]

See also

• First Baptist Church (Memphis, Tennessee)

References

1. "Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church". Archived from the original on 2002-11-07.
2. "First Baptist Church / Mt. Olive CME Church Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
3. "First Baptist Church / Mt. Olive CME Church". Read the Plaque. Retrieved 2022-08-13.

External links

• Official website