85th Street Baptist Church

85th Street Baptist Church was a Southern Baptist church in South East Lake located on the northwest corner of 5th Avenue North and 85th Street North. It was founded in April 1929 and by 1938 and a membership of 431 and a Sunday school enrollment of 300. After a modern Romanesque revival sanctuary was designed by Walter Meeks, architect, it was dedicated in 1952. Lawrence Whitten developed a campus plan of other buildings and an education building he designed was added to the sanctuary in 1957.

Pastors

• Jay Dee Dolleson
• J. E. Dillard Jr, 1938-
• H. O. Hester, 1952

References

• "Dillard Takes Church's Call (December 17, 1938) Birmingham Post
• "Finishes School" (February 27, 1943) The Birmingham News
• "Baptists to March, Sing into New $200,000 Church" (June 7, 1952) Birmingham Post-Herald
• "85th Street Baptist to Have Open House" (January 11, 1957) Birmingham Post-Herald