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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
