Date Original
undated
Description
This collection contains building specifications for the basement at Centennial Baptist Church, completed by W.S. Conner, an undertaker and embalmer.
Biographical/Historical Note
Centennial Baptist Church was a church, located at York and Columbia streets, in Helena-West Helena (Phillips County). The gothic revival building was completed in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historical Places on March 26, 1987, and was designated as a National Historic Landmark on July 31, 2003. Reverend Elias Camp Morris was pastor of the congregation in an earlier building on the site in 1879 and then continued to serve at the church until his death in 1922. Morris was the president and founder of the National Baptist Convention and dedicated his life to furthering the achievement of African Americans. By the mid-1980s, the building reached a state of dangerous deterioration, and the last service at Centennial was held in 1998.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Helena, Phillips County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.071.010
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Centennial Baptist Church basement specifications, SMC.071.010
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Centennial Baptist Church basement specifications, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
