United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Castleberry Hill Historic District, 33.74872, -84.40271unknown1850/1980View of the Friendship Baptist Church at the corner of Mitchell Street and Haynes Street in Atlanta, Georgia.light, power lines, church, historic, oldest, religionFriendship Baptist Church is the oldest African American church in Atlanta. It was organized in 1866, and the congregation, being unable to buy property, worshipped in a boxcar until the current structure was built in the mid-1870s at the corner of Mitchell Street and Haynes Street in Atlanta, Georgia. The first class of Spelman College was held in the basement of the church in April 1881.image/jpegVIS 170.1654.001ahc1701654001a.jpgAtlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Atlanta History Photograph CollectionAfrican AmericansReligious facilities--Georgia--AtlantaReligious architectural elements--Georgia--AtlantaStreet lights--Georgia--AtlantaBuildings--Atlanta--GeorgiaFriendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)Friendship Baptist ChurchStillImage