National Historic Landmark · organization · Birmingham, Alabama

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

Historic church in Alabama, United States in Birmingham, Alabama. Built 1911 by Wallace Rayfield. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1911Listed 1980Byzantine Revival architectureWallace Rayfield
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What it is

Wikipedia · 16th Street Baptist Church

The 16th Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address1530 6th Ave. North at 16th St., Birmingham, AL
CountyJefferson County
ListedSep 17, 1980
Reference number80000696
Built1911
ArchitectWallace Rayfield
Type of placeProtestant church building, organization
StyleByzantine Revival architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address1530 6th Ave. North at 16th St., Birmingham, AL
Website16thstreetbaptist.org ↗
Coordinates33.51673, -86.81490 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitBirmingham Civil Rights National Monument · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBurchfield Branch Park 33 mi · Rocky Branch Day Use Park 38 mi · Deerlick Creek 40 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 80000696. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.