Calvary Baptist Church Grounds
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Get directions 1616 West 2nd Street, Chester, Pennsylvania 19013, United StatesCoordinates: 39.83728, -75.37799
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Add PhotosCalvary Baptist Church was organized in 1876 by freed slaves who had moved to Chester, Pennsylvania, during the Great Migration. On August 10, 1879, a church building was constructed at 2nd and Baker Streets in that City. During the 1920s and 1930s, the church rose to prominence in the National Baptist Convention, with which it was affiliated, and from 1948 to 1951, while studying at the Crozer Theological Seminary, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. attended the church, which was under the pastorate of J. Pius Barbour.
Under Barbour's tenure, the church was expanded and modernized. In accordance with his wishes, his remains were interred on the church grounds following his death in 1974.
Calvary Baptist Church was organized in 1876 by freed slaves who had moved to Chester, Pennsylvania, during the Great Migration. On August 10, 1879, a church building was constructed at 2nd and Baker Streets in that City. During the 1920s and 1930s, the church rose to prominence in the National Baptist Convention, with which it was affiliated, and from 1948 to 1951, while studying at the Crozer Theological Seminary, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. attended the church, which was under the pastorate of J. Pius Barbour.
Under Barbour's tenure, the church was expanded and modernized. In accordance with his wishes, his remains were interred on the church grounds following his death in 1974.
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- Added: 21 Jul 2023
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2782106
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