- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- First African Baptist Church
- Creator:
- McKee, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), 1971-
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Church buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Baptist church buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Historic buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah (Ga.)--Church history
African American Baptists--Georgia--Savannah
African Americans--Georgia--Religion
Buildings--Georgia--Savannah
Museums--Georgia--Savannah
Doors--Georgia--Savannah
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Savannah
First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A museum housing artifacts and church memorabilia dating to the eighteenth century is housed on the grounds of First African Baptist Church in Savannah. One of the oldest Black churches in the nation, First African has occupied its current site on Montgomery Street since 1859.
Photograph of the doors to a museum housing artifacts and church memorabilia dating to the eighteenth century, which is housed on the grounds of First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia.
This church, which was established during the 1770s and later played an important part in the Savannah civil rights movement, is one of the oldest continuously existing black congregations in the United States. The brick structure features a bell tower rising above the entrance. The stained-glass windows in the current church building, located at 23 Montgomery Street in Savannah, feature prominent black leaders. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/first-african-baptist-church/m-8471/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3626
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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