First Baptist Church, Kingston

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First Baptist Church, Kingston
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Location4600 Ninth Ave. N
Birmingham, Alabama
Coordinates 33°32′24″N86°46′6″W / 33.54000°N 86.76833°W / 33.54000; -86.76833
Arealess than one acre
Built1961
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama MPS
NRHP reference No. 05000300 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 2005

First Baptist Church, Kingston is a historic church at 4600 Ninth Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built in 1961 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1] [2] The congregation was organized in 1930, it was led by George W. Dickerson from 1941 to 1972, it played a leading role in the Civil Rights Movement and served as a site for mass meetings held by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. The church is now surrounded by a public housing project erected in the late 1950s. [3]

In 2000, the congregation relocated to a new building at 4240 Ninth Avenue North and sold this structure the next year to Lighthouse Church Ministries. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Van West, Carroll; Linda Nelson; Marjorie White (March 24, 2004). "First Baptist Church, Kingston". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Bains, David R. (July 9, 2022). "First Baptist Church of Kingston (Birmingham Churches and Their Cornerstones)". Chasing Churches. Retrieved July 9, 2022.