Lafayette in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 27, 2018

1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. In April 1955, Emmanuel Baptist Church held its first meetings, thus becoming the earliest Southern Baptist Church to minister to Lafayette's southside neighborhoods.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 30° 12.099′ N, 92° 3.267′ W. Marker is in Lafayette, Louisiana, in Lafayette Parish. It is on Marie Antoinette Street west of Johnston Street (U.S. 167), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 Marie Antoinette Street, Lafayette LA 70506, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Acadiana — Cajun Country.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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,

Acadia,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum

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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vermilion River (approx. 1.6 miles away); Solar Thermal Applied Research and Testing (START) Lab (approx. 2 miles away); Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Demo Unit (approx. 2 miles away); St. Mary's Orphanage (approx. 2 miles away); James Domengeaux (approx. 2 miles away); Eddy and Ann Knight (approx. 2.1 miles away); Green Infrastructure & Urban Prairie (approx. 2.1 miles away); McNaspy Stadium Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lafayette.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 27, 2018

2. Emmanuel Baptist Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 609 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 28, 2018.