Lowndesboro in Lowndes County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

CME Church

1830

— Historic Site —

CME Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 2, 2024

1. CME Church Marker

Inscription.
Dome from first state capitol at Cahawba, Alabama

Erected by Lowndesboro Landmarks Foundation.

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

Location. 32° 17.004′ N, 86° 36.432′ W. Marker is in Lowndesboro, Alabama, in Lowndes County. It is at the intersection of South Broad Street (County Road 29) and Howard Lane, on the right when traveling north on South Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lowndesboro AL 36752, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker,

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measured as the crow flies: History of the Lowndesboro School (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Missionary Baptist Church of Lowndesboro (approx. 0.2 miles away); Our Confederate Soldiers (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lowndesboro, Alabama / Lowndesboro Business District (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Lowndesboro (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lewis-Smith Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Lewis-Smith Historic Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Elmore Bolling (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lowndesboro.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Alabama's First Statehouse

Also see . . . CME Church At Lowndesboro, Alabama. (Submitted on May 2, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 2, 2024

2. CME Church & Marker

Marker is in front of the second pillar from right.

Old Cahawba First State Capitol building. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 30, 2014

3. Old Cahawba First State Capitol building.

Marker has views of the First State Capitol building and its dome that now is on this church. This marker is located in Dallas County, at the Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, near Orrville.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 367 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 2, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.