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Mount Moriah Baptist Church . 3521 East Orange Avenue . Roanoke . 24012
I thought today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, would be a good time to show you this historical little church. Yesterday the boys and I took a short ride to go see it. It was FREEZING cold!
This little church was built in 1908 but was one of the earliest congregations for African Americans with origins as a Sunday School for slaves back in the mid 1800's.
Right Here is quite a bit of interesting info about the church on the National Historic Registration form.
While I was looking around for more info I also sadly found that this sweet little church has been vandalized quite a few times :(
Tomorrow I will show you the cemetery.
Linking with Mersad's Through My Lens
I thought today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, would be a good time to show you this historical little church. Yesterday the boys and I took a short ride to go see it. It was FREEZING cold!
This little church was built in 1908 but was one of the earliest congregations for African Americans with origins as a Sunday School for slaves back in the mid 1800's.
Right Here is quite a bit of interesting info about the church on the National Historic Registration form.
While I was looking around for more info I also sadly found that this sweet little church has been vandalized quite a few times :(
Tomorrow I will show you the cemetery.
Linking with Mersad's Through My Lens
What an interesting church
ReplyDeleteHow cool! Next time I am passing by I will have to take a closer look.
ReplyDeletelove the red stairs. very cool. ( :
ReplyDeleteI always love the CDP posts that are filled with history. This was great. My husband and I were in Roanoke this weekend. We got to stay in the Hotel Roanoke. I fell in love with your town.
ReplyDeleteJanis
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It looks like a place with a lot of character.
ReplyDeleteI like to know the history of churches - so interesting!
ReplyDeleteSweet church and wonderful you tied it in with Martin Luther King Jr Day.
ReplyDeleteVery sad to hear that people would vandalize a church. :( Sounds like you had a nice visit though!
ReplyDeleteOh what a wonderful historic church! How smart of you to think of posting it on MLK day! How sad though that it has been vandalized! Loved your photos.
ReplyDeleteI love old country churches like this one that have such a long history. It's a shame people would want to harm a church. I love the red door....
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