Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York City)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Abyssinian_Baptist_Church_(New_York_City)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:church
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces yes
gptkbp:address 132 Odell Clark Place (formerly 138th Street), New York, NY
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc.
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Gothic_Revival
gptkbp:category gptkb:African-American_history_in_New_York_City
Churches in Manhattan
Religious organizations established in 1808
gptkbp:completedIn 1923
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:founded 1808
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York City)
gptkbp:leader Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III (former pastor)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Harlem,_Manhattan,_New_York_City
gptkbp:namedAfter Abyssinia (historic name for Ethiopia)
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Adam_Clayton_Powell_Sr.
gptkb:Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr.
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 80002691
gptkbp:significance oldest African-American Baptist church in New York State
center of African-American religious and social life in Harlem
gptkbp:website https://abyssinian.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_W._C._Pennington
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7