511 Michigan Avenue (between Broadway and William), Buffalo, N.Y.
This
church sheltered fugitive slaves, witnessed the preaching of Frederick
Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, was visited by Booker T. Washington
and provided the spiritual base from which Mary
Talbert (the church secretary who lived next
door) and others launched the Niagara Movement and the NAACP near the turn
of the 19th century.
Currently, there are efforts to turn the 500 block of Michigan Avenue into
a Black Historic District.
A 19th century photo.
Michigan Street Baptist Church
Site of an Underground Railroad Station
Before the Civil War, escaping slaves were hidden in a concealed area in
the basement of this church until they could escape to freedom in Canada.
Harriet Tubman 300ís Club
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
1996
Dentils above rounded window
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