Shoal Creek Church

Shoal Creek Baptist Church is a historic church in Edwardsville, Alabama. It was built in 1895 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1974. The present church building is apparently the third to have been built at the site.

Shoal Creek Church
Shoal Creek Church in 2012
Shoal Creek Church is located in Alabama
Shoal Creek Church
Shoal Creek Church is located in the United States
Shoal Creek Church
Nearest cityEdwardsville, Alabama
Coordinates33°46′32″N 85°33′50″W
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1895
ArchitectMultiple
NRHP reference No.74000404[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1974

There is no record of the formal end of the church fellowship. The church declined due to membership relocation and by 1914 apparently so many had left, that the church no longer met regularly. The last entry in the existing minutes is dated September 6, 1914. Since the cessation of the church fellowship, the building has been used occasionally for family gatherings, weddings, or for church services of a local congregation. Its most regular use has been for an annual Sacred Harp singing.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. History of Shoal Creek, The Shoal Creek Baptist Church Preservation Society, Inc., archived from the original on February 13, 2012, retrieved January 17, 2012

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