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First African Baptist Church (Lexington, Kentucky)

First African Baptist Church (Lexington, Kentucky)

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Ancient History General

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ISBN10: 613671826X
ISBN13: 9786136718262
Publisher: Chromo Pub
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. First African Baptist Church is a historic church at 264-272 E. Short Street in Lexington, Kentucky. The congregation was founded c. 1790 by Peter Durrett and his wife, slaves who came to Kentucky with their master, Rev. Joseph Craig, in 1781 with The Traveling Church of Baptists from Spotsylvania, Virginia. First African Baptist of Lexington is the oldest black Baptist church in Kentucky and the third oldest in the United States; it is the oldest black congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains. In 1850 it had more than 1,800 members, the largest congregation in the state. By 1861 the congregation at this building numbered 2,223 members. The nineteenth-century Italianate church was constructed in 1856 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Today the congregation worships at a newer church at 635 Price Road.

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