Ebenezer Baptist Church

Ebenezer Baptist Church

Lee County, Auburn, Religion, Baptist, African American, Baptist Hill Cemetery

Ebenezer Baptist Church was the first black church formed in Auburn after the civil war. Erected in 1870, the church was located on land donated by a white man, Lonnie Payne. The impressive church gave the local area the name “Baptist Hill”. The church also has claims to the nearby cemetery, Baptist Hill Cemetery, which was the first separate black community cemetery in Auburn. Members of the church were the first buried in the cemetery; however, currently members of other churches have been interred there.

Makayla Melvin

http://www.preservationnation.org/forum/african-american-historic-places/locations/southern/baptist-hill-cemetery.html

Makayla Melvin; MSM0041@auburn.edu