Michigan Street Baptist Church
Historic church in New York, United States
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Macedonia Baptist Church, more commonly known as Michigan Street Baptist Church, is a historic African American Baptist church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a brick church constructed in 1845. Samuel H. Davis was the congregation's fifth pastor, helped raise money for a church building, and as a mason did much of the construction himself. He gave the welcoming address at the 1843 National Convention of Colored Citizens of America.
Macedonia Baptist Church | |
The Macedonia Baptist Church building | |
  Location within New York  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 511 Michigan Ave., Buffalo, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°53′10″N 78°52′3″W |
| Built | 1845 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001233[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1974 |
Rev. J. Edward Nash (1868–1957) served the congregation from 1892 to 1953. His home, the Rev. J. Edward Nash, Sr. House, is located nearby.[2] Rev. Nash's papers are partially digitized at Buffalo State University.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
In 1997, Dr. Monroe Fordham wrote the first scholarly history of the congregation and its building.[4]
In 2013, the church was the subject of a thorough historic structure report, which is now online at Archive.org.[5]
