Click image to enlarge The story of the Green Street Baptist Church in Selma is a familiar one: Despite being architecturally and historically significant, its future is threatened by a shrinking congregation and a lack of funding for maintenance. The congregation has been advised to tear down the older section of the building because saving it would be too costly. Most members do not want this to happen, but they acknowledge the challenges it would take to save their church. Occupying a prominent corner, the imposing brick Romanesque Revival, constructed in 1892 (with additions in 1922 and 1962), displays arched doors and windows, two towers, decorative corbelling, and an equally impressive interior. Historically, the church served African Americans in Selma throughout the century, and at one time, the Green Street church had more than one thousand members. Later, the church served the Selma-to-Montgomery marchers during the civil rights movement.
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