St. Luke AME Church explained

St. Luke AME Church
Location:	2803 21st Ave. N, Birmingham, Alabama
Coordinates:	33.5425°N -86.81°W
Built:	1926
Architect:	Wallace Rayfield
Architecture:	Gothic Revival
Added:	April 22, 2005
Mpsub:	Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama MPS
Refnum:	05000296

St. Luke AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 2803 21st Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama. It 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] The church was significant in the civil rights movement.

See also

• St. Luke AME Zion Church - also in Birmingham, also significant in the civil rights movement, and also added to the NRHP in 2005

Notes and References

1. Web site: Van West. Carroll. Linda Nelson. Marjorie White. [{{NRHP url|id=05000296}} St. Luke AME Church ]. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. March 17, 2014. March 24, 2004. https://www.webcitation.org/6O9gn3wYQ?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/text/05000296.pdf . March 17, 2014. live. See also: Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=05000296|photos=y}} Accompanying photos]. March 17, 2014. https://www.webcitation.org/6O9gnoJWO?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/photos/05000296.pdf . March 17, 2014. live.