History of African-Americans in Buffalo

Michigan Street Baptist Church
511 Michigan Avenue (between Broadway and William), Buffalo, N.Y.

2012 - Exterior photos

2003 - Exterior photos

Also on Buffalo Architecture and History website:

Hubert H. Crawford,  Rev. Jesse Nash Portrait

J. Edward Nash House

Mary Talbert Illustrations, history

Other possible underground railroad sites in Western New York Compiled by Amy Sobierajski

James Napora, Michigan Street Baptist Church History

James Napora, Germania I - The Melting Pot.History, including the Michigan Street Baptist Church

James Napora, Houses of Worship: A Guide to the Religious Architecture of Buffalo, New York

On other websites:

Michigan Street Preservation Assoc., Origins of the Michigan Street Baptist Church Buffalo, New York, by Monroe Fordham . Essay (May 2012)

Cynthia Van Ness, Underground Railroad Sites in Buffalo, NY   (May 2012)

Christopher Densmore, Reform, Religion and the Underground Railroad in Western NY   (May 2012)


Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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