Pilgrim Baptist Church (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

The Pilgrim Baptist Church located at 732 Central Avenue West in Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota is the building that houses the first Black Baptist congregation in Saint Paul. The congregation was founded on November 15, 1866, by Reverend Robert Hickman and a group of escaped slaves from Boone County, Missouri. They were smuggled up the Mississippi River on the steamer War Eagle with the help of Union Soldiers and the Underground Railroad. The current building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1928.^[2]^[3]


Pilgrim Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Pilgrim Baptist Church in 2012
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Location	732 Central Avenue West Saint Paul, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°57′10″N 93°7′52″W / 44.95278°N 93.13111°W / 44.95278; -93.13111
Built	1928
Architect	L. W. Baumeister
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	91000438^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1991

References Edit

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
^ "Pilgrim Baptist Church, a first for Black Minnesota!". The African American Registry. 2005. Retrieved November 12, 2007.

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