St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Selma

Name: St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Address: 210 Lauderdale St, Selma, 36701, United States
Telephone: +1 334-874-8421

#7 among attractions in Selma

Top attraction, Church, Gothic Revival architecture

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic red brick Gothic Revival church located at 210 Lauderdale Street in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States. The parish was established in 1838 and its original sanctuary building was burned on April 2, 1865 during the Battle of Selma, with credit for that act going to Union General James H. Wilson. The current building was designed by the famous New York City architectural firm of Richard Upjohn and was completed in 1875. ()

Built: 1871 (153 years ago)Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 32°24'32"N, 87°1'17"W

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210 Lauderdale StSelma 36701 United States

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+1 334-874-8421

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St. Paul's Episcopal Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Sturdivant Hall, Edmund Pettus Bridge, National Voting Rights Museum.

~1930 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Selma
10 min walk • The Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, also known by a variety of other names throughout its history, is a historic Greek Revival building in Selma, Alabama. Completed in 1847, it has served many functions in the more than 160 years of its existence.
0.5 miNW
Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Sturdivant Hall, Selma
14 min walk • Sturdivant Hall, also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman Home, is a historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum in Selma, Alabama, United States. Completed in 1856, it was designed by Thomas Helm Lee for Colonel Edward T. Watts.
~1850 ftSE
Famous landmark in civil rights history
Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma
9 min walk • The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.
0.5 miSE
Museum, History museum
National Voting Rights Museum, Selma
13 min walk • The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the events leading up to...
0.8 miW
Cemetery
Old Live Oak Cemetery, Selma
20 min walk • Old Live Oak Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Selma, Alabama that was founded in 1829 and expanded in 1877. The newer portion is sometimes called New Live Oak Cemetery and the cemetery is collectively known as Live Oak Cemetery.
0.4 miNE
Church
First Baptist Church, Selma
11 min walk • First Baptist Church is a historic church at 709 Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in Selma, Alabama. A historically African American Baptist church, it was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1894 and known for its association with the Civil Rights Movement.
~1980 ftNE
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, Selma
10 min walk • Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church is a church at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Selma, Alabama, United States.
0.4 miE
32°24'31"N • 87°0'50"W
Old Depot Museum, Selma
12 min walk • Museum, History museum
~1810 ftE
32°24'28"N • 87°0'57"W
Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum, Selma
9 min walk • Museum
~1290 ftW
Neighbourhood
Old Town Historic District, Selma
7 min walk • The Old Town Historic District is a 323-acre historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. It is bounded by U.S. Route 80, Broad and Franklin streets, and Dallas and Selma avenues. The boundaries were increased on December 15, 2003.
~1800 ftN
Greek Revival architecture
Wesley Plattenburg House, Selma
9 min walk • The 'Wesley Plattenburg House is a historic house in Selma, Alabama. Featuring a unique combination of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles, it was completed in 1842 for Wesley Plattenburg.

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Nearby attractions include Old Town Historic District, Selma (7 min walk), Summerfield District, Selma (8 min walk), Water Avenue Historic District, Selma (8 min walk), Wesley Plattenburg House, Selma (9 min walk).