First African Baptist Church

About this landmark

Home of Kentucky's oldest Black Baptist congregation, founded around 1790 by Peter Durrett and his wife, the oldest Black congregation west of the Alleghenies. Its Italianate church went up in 1856, and by 1861 membership stood at 2,223. The congregation now worships on Price Road.

Details

Year Built

1856

Style

Italianate

Period

Antebellum

Era

1856