National Historic Landmark · Birmingham, Alabama

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

A listed building in Birmingham, Alabama, built 1911 in the Byzantine Revival architecture style. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address1530 6th Ave. North at 16th St., Birmingham, AL
CountyJefferson County
ListedSep 17, 1980
Reference number80000696
Built1911
ArchitectWallace Rayfield
StyleByzantine 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

Street1530 6th Ave. North at 16th St.
Coordinates33.51673, -86.81490 · 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 80000696. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.