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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at Pleasant Hill, AL (built ca. 1850; listed on the Alabama Register)

Churches and Cemeteries | Pleasant Hill in Dallas County  

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This Baptist congregation was founded in 1840 and the present church sanctuary was built around 1850. Features of this building include a slave gallery and an open belfry. Today, this church sanctuary is flanked by two smaller and similar church buildings that were added later. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on November 2, 1990. It is included in the Alabama’s Tapestry of Historic Places 1978 published by the Alabama Historical Commission.

This church is located beside CR 12 approximately 0.2 miles east of intersection of CR 12 and CR 7 at Pleasant Hill in Dallas County (GPS coordinates 32.166222,-86.908498).

Source: Alabama’s Tapestry of Historic Places 1978 published by the Alabama Historical Commission.

 

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Welcome to rural southwest Alabama. This website is dedicated to twelve counties located in rural southwest Alabama which includes a large portion of Alabama’s Black Belt area. This region is known for its rich and diverse heritage, historic homes and churches, and natural beauty. This website contains details about historic and interesting places that you will find in this area of Alabama.

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