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Hours: Friday - Saturday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Attraction Info: Quick Stop. Online Resources: https://www.dexterkingmemorialtours.org. The parsonage of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church appears as it did when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family resided here from 1954-1960.
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Parsonage Hours: Fri and Sat 10am to 4pm Other days by appointment. Tour of the Church by appointment only. For appointments please call: Cora Thomas: (334) 263-3970 M-F or The Parsonage/Interpretive Center: (334) 261-3270 Fri and Sat. Virtual Tours Are Here!
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The Dexter Parsonage Museum is a historic residence in Montgomery, Alabama. The house was built in 1912 in Centennial Hill, a middle- and upper-class African-American neighborhood. It was purchased in 1919 by the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church for use as their parsonage.
Near the church is the former Dexter Parsonage, which served as home to twelve pastors of the church between 1920 and 1992. It is now operated as the Dexter Parsonage Museum, interpreting church history. The church was added, on its own merits, to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
- July 1, 1974
- 1883–89
- Late Victorian
- 454 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama
The Dexter Parsonage Museum, historically the home to twelve pastors of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church from 1920 to 1992, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was restored in 2003 by the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Foundation, Inc., under the direction of church members acting as an Authentication ...
Significance: Constructed in 1912, for over seven decades between 1920 and 1992 the house at No. 309 South Jackson Street was home to a succession of twelve pastors for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church since 1978).
Mar 27, 2023 · The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery is one of the most recognized churches in the world, known primarily for its years in the forefront of the civil rights movement led by then-pastor Martin Luther King Jr.
