- Macedonia Baptist Church (Buffalo, New York)
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Macedonia Baptist Church
The Macedonia Baptist Church building
Location: 511 Michigan Ave., Buffalo, New York Coordinates: 42°53′10″N 78°52′3″W / 42.88611°N 78.8675°WCoordinates: 42°53′10″N 78°52′3″W / 42.88611°N 78.8675°W Built: 1845 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 74001233[1] Added to NRHP: February 12, 1974 Macedonia Baptist Church, formerly 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. 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]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Cornelia E. Brooke (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Macedonia Baptist Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=2182. Retrieved 2009-07-17. See also: "Accompanying three photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=2183.
External links
- Buffalo as an Architectural Museum, Michigan Street Baptist Church
- African American Registry, Michigan Street Baptist Church
Categories:- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- African American history by location
- Religious buildings completed in 1845
- 19th-century Baptist church buildings
- Churches in Buffalo, New York
- Churches on the Underground Railroad
- Erie County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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