Salem Baptist Church - Brundidge, AL
Posted by: xptwo
N 31° 43.033 W 085° 48.933
16R E 612223 N 3509701
This marker is located outside Salem Baptist Church in Brundidge, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WMG734
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2013
Views: 12
This marker is smaller than the current ones placed by the Alabama Historical Association. According to their marker program web page, this one was placed before 1965. source: (
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The church web site does not indicate when it was placed, but does have a photo of the marker, which is located near the front steps by the edge of the parking lot.
The text of the marker reads:
Salem Baptist Church
Pike County's oldest church. Organized by Dr. C. T. Mahoney.
Since 1824 it has enriched the life of his section.
Here were organized:
Salem Baptist Association, 1839
Baptist General Assoc., 1868
Ladies Aid Society, 1891
Salem-Troy Baptist Assoc., 1904
Women's Missionary Society, 1905
First a log structure, the church had occupied four wooden buildings before the present brick structure, 1939.