Second Street Baptist Church

ID: 1033 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library ~ Date: Date Unknown

This file appears in: Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church

Early photograph of Second Street Baptist Church. The clock tower is one of New Albany's best-known landmarks.
Image Courtesy New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections

This file appears in: Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church

Second Presbyterian Church/Second Baptist Church

By Alex Covington, Jacob Burress, Trish Nohalty, and Tommy Skaggs

Before the Civil War, New Albany was the largest city in Indiana. It also had the largest population of black residents in the state. At least eight percent of Indiana blacks lived in Floyd County. Runaway slaves routinely fled the South by crossing…