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White Rock Baptist Church is a historically African American church that was founded in Durham, North Carolina, in 1866. [1] The congregation first met in the home of Margaret Ruffin Faucette in Durham's Hayti neighborhood. The Reverends Zuck Horton and Samuel Daddy Hunt were the first ministers to lead the congregation. [2]
As the congregation grew, it built a log structure called Union Bethel AME Church. Another wood church replaced that. By 1891, the community raised money for an architect-designed grand brick church, which they named St. Joseph. [4] Another major black church was White Rock Baptist, built in 1896 by a congregation organized earlier in the 19th ...
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Following the establishment of Blackwell Baptist Church on West Chapel Hill Street in the 1880s, the Durham Baptist congregation was renamed First Baptist Church. [1] In 1927, First Baptist built a new, larger building on Cleveland Street, which is the current church building. [1] The new Neoclassical building was designed by the architect ...
The 100 Women in White sing worship music on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Second Baptist Church in Alliance during the group's 26th faith concert event.
First Baptist Church (Durham, North Carolina) First Baptist Church (Eden, North Carolina) ... White Rock Baptist Church; Y. Yopps Meeting House This page was ...
Beechwood Cemetery is a city-owned cemetery in Durham, North Carolina, established in 1924 or 1926. Maplewood, the city's other public cemetery was historically white while Beechwood is historically black stemming from the city's segregation at their inception. [1] It is the burial location of key Black figures in Durham's history. [2] [3]