Mount Gilead Baptist Church Collection

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HISTORICAL NOTE

Mount Gilead Baptist Church was established in 1875 by Pastor C. A. Augustus and is the oldest African American Baptist church in Fort Worth. The congregation moved to their present location at 600 Grove St. in 1913. 

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

A member of Mount Gilead Baptist Church loaned several oversize scrapbooks, posters, clippings, and documents to the archives for digitization. Items were scanned and returned, so only digital files of these materials are held by the Archives.

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Digital Images

  • 69 digital images of illustrations, photocopies, clippings, publications, hymnals, and programs

Scrapbooks

Mount Gilead Baptist Church Illustration

Mount Gilead Baptist Church illustration

Accessibility Notice: Due to the age and complexity of the original material, these linked scrapbook PDFs are made up of scanned images. If you need assistance accessing the content in one of the documents, please contact the archives at 817-884-3272 or archives@tarrancountytx.gov.