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Organized ca. 1870 near the banks of the Black Warrior River, "The Grove" was the first Baptist church begun by African Americans in Tuscaloosa's Big Bend community. Former slaves comprised the original congregation. Early services were held in the…

Hunter's Chapel AME Zion Church was organized in 1866, the first black Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa. Its first house of worship was a rented building that stood where Bryant-Denny Stadium now stands. The first structure built by the church was…

Fellopwship Baptist Church is located on the Gordo-Reform Road. It was established in 1832 and was constituted an orthodox Baptist church by the then Cahaba Asssociation on August 3, 1833. Originally located in the  Hargrove Community, legendary…

  First African Baptist Church began in 1866 with the Black members of the First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa deciding to form their own church.  At first worship was held in the member’s homes.   The first permanent church building was constructed…

The Bailey Tabernacle CME Church was founded in 1870 when the last 45 Black members of the Tuscaloosa First Methodist Church formed their own church. The original building was designed by Wallace A. Rayfield, a black architect. It was named for…

The First Christian Church of Tuscaloosa was formed in 1907. In 1926, a church was under construction at University Boulevard and Queen City Avenue. In spite of the Depression of 1929, the church members sustained the church. The buildings were…

The First Presbyterian Church of Carrollton, Alabama, was first organized in 1839. It then dissolved in 1844, was reorganized in 1853, and again in 1868. The one-room church building was erected in 1901, after the original church burned. The church…

Old Center Church sits on New Watermelon Road in Tuscaloosa. Families that lived in the area help build the church in the late 1800s. Most of these families were members. The Christian, Robertson, Bedford and Dockery families were members and their…

Robert Fraley is presented the Compton Award by Calvary Baptist Church.

Left is Paul F. Dietzel; Robert Fraley; and Alabama Coach Paul W. Bryant. The person on the right is unidentified.

The Charlie Compton Award was presented annually to a…

Ola Grace Baker was the First United Methodist Church’s historian well into the 1990’s.
In this photograph she is lightly ringing a replica bell of the famous Revere bell housed in the tower of the church.

To view the Revere bell, go to:…