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Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church (Auburn, Alabama)

Coordinates: 32°36′14″N 85°28′24″W / 32.60389°N 85.47333°W / 32.60389; -85.47333
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Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, December 2008
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church (Auburn, Alabama) is located in Alabama
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church (Auburn, Alabama)
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church (Auburn, Alabama) is located in the United States
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church (Auburn, Alabama)
LocationThach St. and Auburn Dr. S, Auburn, Alabama
Coordinates32°36′14″N 85°28′24″W / 32.60389°N 85.47333°W / 32.60389; -85.47333
Built1870
NRHP reference No.75000317[1]
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1975

The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a church on the National Register of Historic Places in Auburn, Alabama. Ebenezer Baptist Church was the first African American church built in the Auburn area after the end of the Civil War in 1865. Over the next few years, the church members built the church out of hand-hewn logs, transported from miles away by mules. The church was completed around 1870 and served the Ebenezer congregation until 1969.[2] The building was restored in 1970 by the Auburn Heritage Association, and currently houses the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1975.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Floyd, W. Warner (March 31, 1975). "Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  • Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Auburn Heritage Association (1994). Ebenezer Church/Baptist Hill/East Thatch Avenue. Historic Marker. Located 450 E. Thach Avenue, Auburn, Ala.
  • Logue, Mickey & Simms, Jack (1996). Auburn: A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village, Revised. Auburn, Ala. ISBN 1-885860-08-0