River Heritage Region, Alabama Historic Churches
Claybank Church
Constructed in 1852
Brown Chapel AME Church
1st AME church in state (1866). Headquarters for Blacks during Voting Rights movement. Starting point for Selma-to-Montgomery marchers; Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail/
Cherry Street AME Church
Declared the "Mother Church"of AME denomination in Alabama. State's oldest AME church. Originally organized as Colored Methodist Church in 1877
St. John's Episcopal Church
Gothic-style church, designed by Wills & Dudley of New York, built in 1855