Second Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan

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Second Baptist Church Of Detroit
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates:	42°20′5.61″N 83°2′36.36″W / 42.3348917, -83.0434333Coordinates: 42°20′5.61″N 83°2′36.36″W / 42.3348917, -83.0434333
Built/Founded:	1857
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	Gothic
Added to NRHP:	March 19, 1975
NRHP Reference#:	75000970 ^[1]
Governing body:	Private

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The Second Baptist Church is located in Detroit, Michigan, at 441 Monroe Street within Greektown. The church was organized in March of 1836 by 13 former slaves who left the First Baptist Church due to discrimination.

The current building replaced an earlier structure which was destroyed by fire in 1914 and was expanded in 1926 and 1968.^[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Michigan Historic Sites.

[edit] Interesting facts

The oldest African-American Baptist church in Michigan
The oldest African-American church in the Midwestern United States
The seventh major church formed in Detroit
The second Baptist church formed in Detroit
An important station on the Underground Railroad
Established the first school in Detroit for black children
Helped establish the Baptist Association for Coloured People
Baptized Ralph Bunche, who later became the first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Instrumental in the formation of over 30 churches
Member of the predominantly black Progressive National Baptist Convention and of the predominantly white American Baptist Churches in the USA

[edit] References

^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ National Park Service-Historic Places in Detroit Second Baptist Church

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