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ID Number |
78002244 |
Historic Name |
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH |
Description of Significance |
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH HAS LONG BEEN AN IMPORTANT SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CENTER TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN OKLAHOMA CITY. DESIGNED BY RUSSELL BENTON BINGHAM, A GRADUATE OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE AND A MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATION, THIS TWO STORY WITH BASEMENT GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE CHURCH IS CLAD IN BRICK WITH CAST STONE ACCENTS. BECAUSE OF THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF THE CHURCH, CALVARY HOSTED A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS, INCLUDING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IN 1958, A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM CALGARY INSTIGATED A SERIES OF SIT-INS AT SEGREGATED RESTAURANTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. PARTICIPANTS WOULD MARCH FROM THE CHURCH TO THE RESTAURANT, SIT AND WAIT TO BE SERVED, AND THEN MARCH BACK TO THE CHURCH AFTERWARDS. THIS EFFORT CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. BY 1962, MORE THAN 175 LOCAL RESTAURANTS HAD OPENED THEIR DOORS TO BLACKS. DURING THE SIT-INS, THE CHURCH RECEIVED BOMB THREATS, BUT THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CONTINUED. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/19/1978. |
Current Name |
SAME |
Address |
300 N WALNUT |
City |
OKLAHOMA CITY |
County |
OKLAHOMA |
Lot |
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Block |
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Current Section |
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Township |
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Range |
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Type |
BUILDING |
Historic Function |
RELIGION: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE |
Current Function |
RELIGION: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE |
Area Significance 1 |
ETHNIC HERITAGE: BLACK |
Area Significance 2 |
SOCIAL HISTORY |
Date Prepared |
09/78 |
Year Built |
1900 |
Original Site |
YES |
Architect/Builder |
BINGHAM, RUSSELL BENTON |
Architectural Style |
GOTHIC REVIVAL |
Roof Material |
UNCOLLECTED |
Wall Material |
BRICK |
Window Material |
WOOD |
Door Material |
WOOD |
Decorative Details |
ORNATE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS |
Condition |
SANCTUARY |
Comments |
A BRICK CHURCH WITH A 2 1/2 STORY SANCTUARY |
Restricted |
N |
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