Downtown in Buffalo in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Michigan Street Baptist Church
Site of an Underground Railroad Station
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015
1. Michigan Street Baptist Church Marker
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 RR • Religion & Religious Structures. 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. It 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.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and specifically in Western New York. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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
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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.)
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015
2. Southward - Michigan Avenue
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, February 28, 2015
3. Northward - Michigan Avenue
Church hidden behind first building at right.
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 582 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 7, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
