First Trinity

ID: 2660 ~ Source: Jeffersonville Township Public Library ~ Creator: Diane Stepro ~ Date: 2020

This file appears in: African American Churches in Jeffersonville, Indiana

First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, the successor to the now vanished Illinois Avenue Baptist Church, was built sometime around 1962, and reflects the mid century modern aesthetic popular in churches at that time.

This file appears in: African American Churches in Jeffersonville, Indiana

African American Churches in Jeffersonville, Indiana

By Diane Stepro

Before you, stands one of Clark County’s historic African American churches, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal. In the 19th Century, numerous African American churches were established to serve the spiritual needs of people fleeing the South in…