1894 Russian Orthodox Church - Brookside, AL
N 33° 38.225 W 086° 55.129
16S E 507528 N 3721920
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Brookside, AL
Waymark Code: WMECBH
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2012
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Slovak immigrants left their homes in Nieletz, Saros, and other villages in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to settle in Brookside, Alabama, in the 1890s. Over the course of ten years three temples were built. A tornado destroyed the first temple which was dedicated to Saint George. The second temple, dedicated to Saint Mary, burned in 1912. The present structure was built in 1916 and was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The steeple is a copper "onion-shaped" ball topped with the Orthodox cross.
Year of construction: 1894
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Full inscription:
St. Nicholas
Russian Orthodox
Church
Organized 1894
Erected 1916
Renovated 1965
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