Macedonia_Baptist_Church_(Buffalo,_New_York)

Michigan Street Baptist Church

Michigan Street Baptist Church

Historic church in New York, United States

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.

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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]

Site marker for the former Michigan Street Baptist Church.

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 available in hard copy at three Buffalo libraries.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    "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
  3. [3]
    Buffalo Niagara Freedom Station Coalition; Crawford & Sterns Architects; Historical New York Research Associates (2013). "Historic structure report for the Michigan Street Baptist Church" (print). Retrieved 2023-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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