Mount_Ararat_Baptist_Church_(Ensley,_Alabama)

Mount Ararat Baptist Church (Ensley, Alabama)

Mount Ararat Baptist Church (Ensley, Alabama)

Historic church in Alabama, United States

Mount Ararat Baptist Church is a historic church at 1920 Slayden Avenue, Ensley in Birmingham, Alabama. It is located in the Ensley suburb, west of downtown Birmingham, and overlooks Highway 239. It was originally built in 1929 but was modified in 1950 to add a red brick veneer.[2]

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It has also been known as Mount Ararat Missionary Baptist Church.[1]

It was designed by African-American architect Wallace Rayfield and is described as having "a restrained Gothic Revival design". It is a cross-gabled church originally built in 1929 but veneered in smooth varitone red brick in 1950. It has a concrete foundation and a multi-gable asphalt shingle roof.[2]

The church is significant for its association during 1956 to 1963 with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and with the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Van West, Carroll; Linda Nelson; Marjorie White (March 20, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Ararat Baptist Church / Mount Ararat Missionary Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved August 23, 2017. With 13 photos.


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