National Historic Landmark · Selma, Alabama

Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

A listed building in Selma, Alabama, built 1908 in the Romanesque Revival architecture style. Added to the National Register in 1982, and a National Historic Landmark.

Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address410 Martin Luther King, Jr. St., Selma, AL
CountyDallas County
ListedFeb 4, 1982
Reference number82002009
Built1908
StyleRomanesque Revival architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

Street410 Martin Luther King, Jr. St.
Coordinates32.41247, -87.01604 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 82002009. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.