An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Adolpho A. Birch, conducted on 22 June 2005 by John Egerton as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Birch discusses the...
A photograph of the former Gospel Chapel, now known as King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church. Historically located at 1419 Tenth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee, this church is currently listed as being at 1417 Tenth Avenue North. A new...
A photograph of Glendale Baptist Church located at 1020 Glendale Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. This church started as a mission of Belmont Heights Baptist Church in 1948 and was officially chartered as an independent congregation on March 11,...
A photograph of Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church, historically located at 2336 Herman Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The current city directory lists the address as 2334 Herman Street. With the congregation originally founded in 1903,...
A photograph of Gospel Tabernacle Church of God in Christ located at 1101 Jackson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone the church was built in 1916 as Jackson Street Baptist Church, and remodeled in 1941 by Reverend William...
A photograph of Greater Revelations Baptist Church, formerly Church of the Living God. This church is located at 1029 Twelfth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation is concrete. The exterior walls are light colored brick in the...
A photograph of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, currently located at 1307 Ireland Street in Nashville, Tennessee, but originally listed as Hopewell Baptist Church, at 918 Fourteenth Avenue North. According to the survey, the congregation was...
A photograph of Humphreys Street United Methodist Church located at 424 Humphreys Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1929 As Humphreys Street Methodist Church. The foundation is made of rough cut stone blocks. The walls are...
A photograph of Inglewood Baptist Church located at 3901 Gallatin Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was established in 1923 and began meeting in a small home on Shelton Avenue. In the late 1920s the congregation began meeting on...
A photograph of Inglewood United Methodist Church located at 3511 Gallatin Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone, the congregation was founded in 1924. The sanctuary was completed in 1939. The foundation is made of rough cut...
A photograph of Jackson Park Church of Christ located at 4103 Gallatin Pike. Originally the address was listed as 4101 Gallatin Road. The congregation was founded in 1932 by 75 members meeting in a home on Greenland Avenue. Ten months later they...
A photograph of Kayne Avenue Missionary Baptist Church located at 1025 Twelfth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was founded in 1886 and has been under various names including College Street Baptist Church and Pennington...
A photograph of King Temple Church of God in Christ. The survey indicates that this church is located at 1301 Lischey Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee; however, all city directories list the address as being 1310 Lischey Avenue. The cornerstone...
A photograph of Memorial Lutheran Church located at 1211 Riverside Drive in Nashville, Tennessee. This church first appears in the Nashville city directory in 1938, and the original address for this building is listed as 1209 Riverside. The...
A photograph of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church located at 19 Hart Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in approximately 1894 as Mount Gilead Baptist Church. In 1981, the name changed to Prince of Peace Baptist Church, but...
A photograph of Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church currently located at 36 Fairfield Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally this building was listed as Mt. Ararat Baptist Church at 34 Fairfield Avenue. The congregation was founded in...
A photograph of Lawrence Avenue Church of Christ located at 904 Lawrence Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The church building was constructed in approximately 1912 as the Lawrence Avenue Christian Church, and has seen many different congregations...
A photograph of Mt. Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church located at 1423 Fourth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1906 as Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church and reestablished in 1955 under the administration of Reverend Joe...
A photograph of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church located at 2416 Clifton Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was founded in 1871 by Rev. Pharoah Benson, a former slave. The first church was built right across the street from the present day...
A photograph of New Hope Baptist Church, now called New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, located at 1303 Hawkins Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was founded by J.C. Harding in 1885 and rebuilt on the same location in 1973 as indicated on...