Second Street Baptist Church
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In 1849-52, Second Presbyterian Church built this building at the southeast corner of Third and Main Streets. It became Second Baptist Church in 1889.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections.
This file appears in: Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church
Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church
Before the Civil War, New Albany was the largest city in Indiana. It also had the largest population of Black residents in the state. At least eight percent of Black Hoosiers lived in Floyd County. Black freedom seekers often fled the South by…