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[[Image:South Elyton Baptist Church.jpg|right|thumb|375px|South Elyton Baptist Church in 1995]]
'''South Elyton Baptist Church''' is a Baptist church located at 100 [[1st Street South]], on the corner of [[1st Avenue South]] in [[North Titusville]].

The church was established in [[1914]] by former members of [[Broad Street Baptist Church]]. In the late 1920s the church obtained plans from architect [[Wallace Rayfield]], whose own house faced the site from across 1st Street. A church member brought his mule and scraper to begin excavating the basement. When the next generation of church members were ready to resume construction around [[1940]], they kept to the same plans. The building was completed around [[1947]].

South Elyton Baptist Church was formally incorporated in April [[1958]]. During the 1960s it hosted frequent meetings of the [[Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights]].

A new sanctuary was built adjoining the Rayfield building in [[1989]]. Its design complements the original structure while providing more accessibility for aging church members. The older building was demolished after [[1995]] for construction of the '''Reginald Brown Family Center'''.

==Pastors==
* [[Reginald Brown]]

==References==
* "[http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/AL1214/ South Elyton Baptist Church, 102 First Street, South, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL]" (1995) Historic American Buildings Survey. HABS ALA,37-BIRM,34-
* {{Fallin-1997}}

==External links==
* [http://goo.gl/maps/P3Zn South Elyton Baptist Church] on Google Street View

[[Category:Baptist churches]]
[[Category:1st Street South]]
[[Category:1st Avenue South]]
[[Category:1914 establishments]]
[[Category:1940s buildings]]
[[Category:Wallace Rayfield buildings]]
[[Category:1989 buildings]]
[[Category:1995 demolitions]]