Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Stone Street Baptist Church
Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 10, 2017
1. Stone Street Baptist Church Marker
Inscription.
Stone Street Baptist Church, Alabama's first baptist church, organized in 1806, thirteen years before Alabama became a state and thirty years after this nation was formed the Stone Street Baptist Church, also called "The African Church", was organized so freed people of color could worship the Lord God. Richard "Uncle Dick" Fields, a courageous religious pioneer, was the first pastor. The initial church edifice was constructed of bush tops and straw, held up by connecting poles. The congregation moved to its present location in 1870 and renovated in 1931. On August 8, 1985, Stone Street Baptist Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.,
Marker erected in 2007 , The Rev. Milton E. Saffold, Pastor , In the City of Mobile, Samuel L. Jones, Mayor , Frederick D. Richardson, Jr., Mobile City Council Vice President, Deacon and Church Historian .
Stone Street Baptist Church, Alabama's first baptist church, organized in 1806, thirteen years before Alabama became a state and thirty years after this nation was formed the Stone Street Baptist Church, also called "The African Church", was organized so freed people of color could worship the Lord God. Richard "Uncle Dick" Fields, a courageous religious pioneer, was the first pastor. The initial church edifice was constructed of bush tops and straw, held up by connecting poles. The congregation moved to its present location in 1870 and renovated in 1931. On August 8, 1985, Stone Street Baptist Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Marker erected in 2007
The Rev. Milton E. Saffold, Pastor
In the City of Mobile, Samuel L. Jones, Mayor
Frederick D. Richardson, Jr., Mobile City Council Vice President, Deacon & Church Historian
Erected 2007 by the African-American Heritage Trail of Mobile. (Marker Number 37.)
Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is at the intersection of Tunstall Street and Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south on Tunstall Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 311 Tunstall Street, Mobile AL 36603, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast and in Mobile Bay. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 795 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on December 12, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4. submitted on June 20, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.
