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Title	First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill
Corporate name	First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill
Topical entry	Architecture Churches
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.) Capitol Hill
Description	First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, was organized in the 1840's when African American members of the First Baptist Church decided to start their own separate church under the leadership of Pastor Nelson Merry. The first meeting house, erected in 1849, was located on Pearl Street. The membership was made up of both slaves and free men and women of color. In about 1872 the congregation purchased property on North Spruce Street between Union and Cedar (Charlotte) Streets. North Spruce is now 8th Ave. North. In the 1890's the church building burned, and the pictured building was erected about 1899. In the 1960's the church played a large role as headquarters for Nashville's struggle for civil rights. On March 5, 1972, Reverend Kelly Miller Smith led the 600 member congregation about a block from the historic building to their new church home at 900 James Robertson Parkway. The old church building has been demolished. 3 x 5 in.
Publisher	Metro Nashville Archives
Type	Negative
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	CDM 073; RG3 411
Relation	Record Group 3
Coverage	1942 - 1980
Rights	Available