Abyssinian Baptist Church

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Abyssinian_Baptist_Church
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:church
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1980
gptkbp:address 132 Odell Clark Place (formerly 138th Street), New York, NY 10030
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Gothic_Revival
gptkbp:capacity about 2,000
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:foundedYear 1808
gptkbp:founder gptkb:African-American
Ethiopian merchants
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Abyssinian Baptist Church
gptkbp:landmarkStatus gptkb:New_York_City_Landmark
gptkbp:leadPastor gptkb:Rev._Dr._Calvin_O._Butts_III
gptkbp:location gptkb:Harlem,_Manhattan,_New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:namedAfter Abyssinia (historic name for Ethiopia)
gptkbp:notableEvent Civil Rights Movement rallies
Harlem Renaissance gatherings
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Adam_Clayton_Powell_Sr.
gptkb:Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr.
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 80002680
gptkbp:program gptkb:food
gptkb:Abyssinian_Development_Corporation
educational programs
gptkbp:significance center of African-American religious, social, and political life in Harlem
oldest African-American Baptist church in New York State
gptkbp:website https://abyssinian.org/
gptkbp:yearCompleted 1923
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harlem,_New_York
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4