Michigan Street Baptist Church
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.
Macedonia Baptist Church | |
 The Macedonia Baptist Church building | |
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| Location | 511 Michigan Ave., Buffalo, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°53′10″N 78°52′3″W / 42.88611°N 78.86750°W |
| Built | 1845 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001233[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1974 |
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]
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
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Cornelia E. Brooke (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Macedonia Baptist Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying three photographs
- ^ Nash, J. Edward. "Ref. J. Edward Nash Papers". Monroe Fordham Regional History Center at Butler Library. Buffalo State University. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
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External links
edit- 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.
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