Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue in the community area of , . Built in 1899, the building was originally a synagogue for the Isaiah Temple congregation.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: Chicago Landmark that is a classical revival-style church and former synagogue
  • Also known as: “Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church Building” and “Isaiah Temple”
  • Address: 4501 South Vincennes Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harold Washington Cultural Center and Oscar Stanton De Priest House.

Theater building
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is a performance facility located in the historic neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. It was named after Chicago's first African-American Mayor Harold Washington and opened in August 2004, ten years after initial groundbreaking. is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.

Residential building
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The is an historic apartment building at 4536–4538 South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in , . It was built in 1920, and one of its units was from 1929 to 1951 home to Oscar Stanton De Priest, the first African-American to be elected to the United States Congress from a northern state. is situated 1,100 feet west of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.

Metro station
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47th is a station on the 's , located in the community area of Chicago, Illinois and serving the Green Line. is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Boulevard and North Kenwood District.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of in Illinois, United States. It is located on the of Chicago. The boulevard from which it takes its name is now Martin Luther King Jr.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district within the community area of , .

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, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

Latitude
41.81286° or 41° 48′ 46″ north
Longitude
-87.61357° or 87° 36′ 49″ west
Inception
1899
Levels
3
Open location code
86HJR97P+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 210914625
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Wiki­data ID
Q64770425
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