A block away from Cone Hospital, Magnolia Street Baptist Church is located on the corner of Magnolia Street and Wendover Avenue. The church is situated at the northern boundary of Fisher Park right on Wendover-- which is visible in this photo. According to photos on their website, Magnolia St. Baptist was founded in 1909 and the current sanctuary was built in the 1950's. In the sanctuary, there are 8 large stained glass windows.
Not much is available online about the church. We did learn that UNCG's library holdings include a vertical file collection index with an archived a Greensboro Daily News article about Magnolia Street Baptist. The article, dated November 10, 1940, tells the history of the church. We encourage the church to scan a copy of the article and link it to their website so that we can all access it. History matters! In the spirit of 21st century communication, the church has a FACEBOOK page with a growing list of fans.
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Very impressive.
Posted by: Irina | Sunday, March 06, 2011 at 04:03 PM
There is a pretty fair amount of information on the church website, magnoliastreetbc.org, and on our Facebook page, so be sure and check there first. At one time the history you mention was available on the prior version of the website. Thanks for the mention and the photo!
Pastor James Jordan
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Posted by: James Jordan | Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 05:52 PM