St. Luke AME Church
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| Location | 2803 21st Ave. N, Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 33°32′33″N 86°48′36″W / 33.54250°N 86.81000°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Wallace Rayfield |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000296[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 22, 2005 |
St. Luke AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 2803 21st Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama. The congregation was established in 1886.[2] Its current building was designed by the pioneering African American Architect Wallace Rayfield. It was built in 1926 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1][3] The church was significant in the civil rights movement.[3]
