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Michigan Street Baptist Church

Site of an Underground Railroad Station

 
 
Michigan Street Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015
1. Michigan Street Baptist Church Marker
Inscription. Before the Civil War, escaping slaves were hidden in a concealed area in the basement of this church until they could escape to fredom in Canada.
 
Erected 1996 by Harriet Tubman 300's Club, Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RRChurches & Religion. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.
 
Location. 42° 53.178′ N, 78° 52.047′ W. Marker is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County. It is in Downtown. Marker is on Michigan Avenue south of Broadway, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 511 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo NY 14203, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Michigan Avenue Baptist Church (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Michigan Street Baptist Church (here, next to this marker); Mary B. Talbert (a few steps from this marker); Colored Musicians Club (within shouting distance of this marker); A Melting Pot (within shouting distance of this marker); Little Harlem Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Moving North (within shouting distance of this marker); The Nash House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buffalo.
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More about this marker. The figure at the top of the marker is the Buffalo History Museum. Michigan "Avenue" seems to be used more often than Michigan "Street" as on the marker.
 
Also see . . .  Michigan Avenue Baptist Church - Buffalo as an Architectural Museum. (Submitted on March 7, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)
 
Southward - Michigan Avenue image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015
2. Southward - Michigan Avenue
Northward - Michigan Avenue image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015
3. Northward - Michigan Avenue
Church hidden behind first building at right.
Michigan Avenue Baptist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015
4. Michigan Avenue Baptist Church and Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 369 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 7, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.

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