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Title
First
Baptist
Church
-
Capitol
Hill
,
2001
November
Corporate name
First Colored Baptist Church (Nashville, Tenn.)
First Baptist Church Capitol Hill (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Architecture
Buildings
Churches
Popular Culture
Religion
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Church buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Religious facilities--Tennessee--Nashville
Church architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Baptist church buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Brick churches--Tennessee--Nashville
African American churches--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture, Modern--Tennessee--Nashville
Protestant church buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Churches--Tennessee--Nashville
Baptist churches--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Nashville (Tenn.)--Religious life and customs
James Robertson Parkway (Nashville, Tenn.)
Nelson G. Merry Street (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
photograph
of
First
Baptist
Church
Capitol
Hill
.
Originally
called
First
Colored
Baptist
Church
, this
African
American
church
was
founded
by
Reverend
Nelson
Merry
in
1865
. The
church
sprang
from the
First
Colored
Baptist
Mission
, a
group
of
African
American
Baptists
that
requested
independence
from the
parent
white
Baptist
church
. In
1865
,
First
Baptist
on
Broadway
granted
the
group
independence
and
eventually
the
new
church
built
a
building
on the
northwest
corner
of
Eighth
Avenue
North
(Spruce)
and
Cedar
(Charlotte)
Street
. This
church
served
as the
headquarters
of the
Nashville
sit-in
movement
.
It
was there that
strategy
sessions
,
nonviolence
workshops
and
mass
rallies
took
place
. The
church
changed
its
name
to the
First
Baptist
Church
Capitol
Hill
in
1969
.
Nashville
architect
,
L
.
Quincy
Jackson
,
designed
the
present
building
in
1972
at
900
James
Robertson
Parkway
and
Nelson
G
.
Merry
Street
. The
architecture
style
is
modern
. The
foundation
is
made
of
stone
. The
exterior
walls
are
comprised
of
concrete
and
bricks
.
Forms
part
of the
Historic
Nashville
,
Inc
.
Sacred
Sites
Survey
Project
.
1
photograph
:
col
. ;
4
x
6
in.
Creator
Historic
Nashville
,
Inc
.
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
2001-11
Type
Still
Image
;
Photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
SSSP - 1st Baptist Capitol Hill
Language
English
Relation
Historic
Nashville
,
Inc
.
Sacred
Sites
Survey
Project
Coverage
2000-2009
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
Closed Stacks-SSSP-1st Baptist Capitol Hill
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