16th Street Baptist Church | |
 16th Street Baptist Church in 2005 | |
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| Location | Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 33°30′59.69″N 86°48′53.26″W / 33.5165806°N 86.8147944°W |
| Built | 1911 / 1873 |
| Architect | Wallace Rayfield; Windham Bros. Construction Co. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000696 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 1980[2] |
| Designated NHL | February 20, 2006[3] |
| Designated ARLH | June 16, 1976[1] |
The 16th Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. In 1963, the church was bombed by Ku Klux Klan members. The bombing killed four young girls in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The church is still in operation and is a central landmark in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2006.[3][4] Since 2008, it has also been on the UNESCO list of tentative World Heritage Sites.[5]
- ^ "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage" (PDF). preserveala.org. Alabama Historical Commission. April 1, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Sixteenth Street Baptist Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 11, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
- ^ Amie A. Spinks (November 2004) National Historic Landmark Nomination: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, National Park Service
- ^ "Civil Rights Movement Sites". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved December 17, 2019.