Town Clock Church
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U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |
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Location | 300 E Main St New Albany, Indiana |
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Built | 1937 |
Architect | Pugh, Hugh; I.P.Smith. |
Architectural style | Italianate, Federal |
Part of | New Albany Downtown Historic District (New Albany, Indiana) (ID99001074[1]) |
Added to NRHP | September 3, 1999 |
The Town Clock Church, now the Second Baptist Church of New Albany, Indiana, United States, is a historic church located at 300 East Main Street, within the New Albany Downtown Historic District. It was constructed in 1852 as Second Presbyterian Church, in what was then the largest city in Indiana. It is near the Ohio River, across the border from Louisville, Kentucky.
It was a station on the Underground Railroad.[2]
The church is brick, and is constructed in the Greek Revival style of architecture. It previously had a 160-foot high clock tower that could be seen by boat crews on the Ohio River. However, the tower has been shortened. The first phase of reconstruction is underway which will include a new steeple and clock faces. When reconstruction is complete, the tower will once again be 160 feet tall.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "New Albany Underground Railroad site wins restoration prize". Indiana Landmarks. March 22, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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External links
- Second Baptist short history
- List of Underground Railroad sites
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- John Brown
- Owen Brown
- Samuel Burris
- Levi Coffin
- Richard Dillingham
- Frederick Douglass
- Calvin Fairbank
- Isaac S. Flint
- Thomas Garrett
- Frances Harper
- Laura Smith Haviland
- David Hudson
- Daniel Hughes
- Peg Leg Joe
- William Cooper Nell
- Harriet Forten Purvis
- Robert Purvis
- John Rankin
- Hetty Reckless
- Gerrit Smith
- William Still
- Calvin Ellis Stowe
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Charles Turner Torrey
- Harriet Tubman
- Delia Webster
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- Emeline and Samuel Hawkins flight (1845)
- Pearl incident (1848)
- Kentucky raid in Cass County (1847)
- The South Bend Fugitive Slave Case (1849)
- Christiana Riot (1851)
- Jerry Rescue (1851)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852 book)
- Joshua Glover rescue (1854)
- Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856 book)
- Dover Eight (1857)
- Oberlin–Wellington Rescue (1858)
- Tilly Escape (1856)
- Ann Maria Jackson and her seven children (1859)
- Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
- Abolitionism in the United States
- Fugitive slaves
- Fugitive slave laws
- Quilts
- Reverse Underground Railroad
- Signals
- Slave catcher
- Songs of the Underground Railroad
- The Underground Railroad Records (1872 book)
- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
- Harriet Tubman Memorial (Boston)
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park
- Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center
- Underground Railroad Bicycle Route
- The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War (1932 book)
- A Woman Called Moses (1978 miniseries)
- Roots of Resistance (1989 documentary)
- The Quest for Freedom (1992 film)
- Freedom: The Underground Railroad (2013 board game)
- The North Star (2016 film)
- Underground (2016 TV series)
- Harriet (2019 film)
- The Underground Railroad (2021 miniseries)
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