Canaan Baptist Church
Canaan Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Bessemer, Alabama. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA. Built in 1961, it had a congregation active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Baptist
- Description: church building in Alabama, United States of America
- Also known as: “Canaan Baptist Church Number 2”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southern Railway Terminal Station and Sloss Mines.
Southern Railway Terminal Station
Museum
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
The Bessemer Hall of History is a museum located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of Bessemer, Alabama. The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad depot in downtown Bessemer. Southern Railway Terminal Station is situated 1 mile east of Canaan Baptist Church.
Sloss Mines
Mine
The Sloss Mines are a group of mines in southwestern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. They were established by the Sloss Iron and Steel Company and its successor, the Sloss-Sheffield Iron and Steel Company, at the southern end of Red Mountain. Sloss Mines is situated 2 miles east of Canaan Baptist Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bessemer and Brighton.
Bessemer
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024.
Brighton
Village
Brighton is a city near Birmingham, Alabama, United States and located just east of Hueytown. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,337. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of about 1,128,047, approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population. Brighton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Canaan Baptist Church.
Lipscomb
Village
Lipscomb is a city in south central Jefferson County, Alabama. It is part of the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,086. It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the Bessemer ZIP code. Lipscomb is situated 2½ miles northeast of Canaan Baptist Church.
Canaan Baptist Church
- Categories: Protestant church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.40193° or 33° 24′ 7″ northLongitude
-86.96417° or 86° 57′ 51″ westElevation
479 feet (146 metres)Open location code
865MC22P+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1391017904OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=baptist
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