#1010 Original Site of the Third Baptist Church (Formerly the First Colored Baptist Church)

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#1010 Original Site of the Third Baptist Church (Formerly the First Colored Baptist Church)

Site information:

SE corner Grant Ave and Greenwich, San Francisco

Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.

37.802376,-122.407885

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

Original Site of teh Third Baptist Church, The First African American Baptist Church West of the Rocky Mountains

In August 1852, Abraham Brown, Thomas Bundy, Thomas Davenport, Willie Denton, Harry Fields, George Lewis, Fielding Spotts, and Eliza and William Davis organized the church in the Davis home. The congregation purchased the old First Baptist Church and moved it to this location in 1854. The church is now located at 1399 McAllister Street.

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Third Baptist Church, April 9, 1995. Cora Mary Jackson, Church Historian, Dr. Amos C. Brown, Pastor.

Registered 2/16/1993

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