Birmingham Churches and Their Cornerstones 46
The former home of St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church sits abandoned at 1529 6th Street North in Birmingham, Alabama. It was more recently the home of Perfecting the Saints Ministries. Its two large towers give it a stately presence from its position above the street.
The cornerstone states that it was purchased in 1935. City directories suggest that it was not the building, but the land purchased on that date and that building was erected by the congregation of St. Mark. Much of the church’s neighborhood was destroyed by the construction of Interstate 65.
Read this first post for more on this series on Birmingham churches and their cornerstones.
Chasing Churches 
[…] Elmwood Cemetery. On its front porch, inside the glass, is the cornerstone of its 1901 building. In a previous post I shared images of a 1949 stone for St. Mark A.M.E. on a building at 1529 6th Street North. […]
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