1245 N. Alabama St., Former First Friends Church, 1940s

Description:	On slide mount: Former First Friends Church, 1241 N. Alabama Street; North (13th) and West (Alabama) elevations Yes The Former Friends Church (now Providential Life Institutional Missionary Baptist Church),1245 North Alabama Street c. 1895 The size, scale and detailing of this Romanesque Revival church lies between that of Central Avenue Methodist Church and the former First Presbyterian Church. It too containes fine Romanesque Revival detailing, including terra cotta insets, wheel windows, round arch and jack arch lintels. The structure was dedicated by Benjamin F. Trueblood, a notable Massachusetts Quaker, and replaced the first Friends Church at the conjunction of Fort Wayne Avenue, Delaware and St. Clair streets.,The first Quakers in Indianapolis arrived in 1834. In 1856 the church mentioned above was constructed. When the church on Alabama was built, the congregation numbered about 600. In 1955 ground was broken for a new facility on Kessler Boulevard. Subsequently, the structure was owned by Galilee Baptist Church and is presently operated by the Missionary Baptist Church.,Old Northside Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1979 church
Publisher:	Bass Photo Co.
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/358
Collection:	Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Geography:	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.76838, -86.15804
Subjects:	Historic buildings--Indiana--Indianapolis Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Churches Romanesque Revival hip roofs cross gables chimneys arches rose windows churches

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