
![]() The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and Community Day School have served the community of Hamburg for many years. Constructed in 1912, the church was the only African American Baptist congregation in the Wilcox County farming community of Hamburg. For decades the adjacent school, dating from 1915, served the children of the community, many of whom worked the fields before attending classes. Today the church and the school look much as they did when they were built, but needed repair work is now hampered by lack of funds and an aging congregation. Still, members of the church and the community are determined to save these two local landmarks.
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Alabama's Endangered Historic LandmarksEach year since 1994, Alabama Heritage has highlighted threatened historic sites throughout Alabama. The “Places in Peril” list has identified more than 215 imperiled historic resources throughout the state, and is compiled by the Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation. The locations highlight the results of deferred maintenance, perceived obsolescence, development pressures, and lack of funding—forces that now more than ever threaten our cultural legacy. But awareness is a powerful force, too, and can cultivate a renewed determination to be responsible stewards of our heritage. For more information, visit the AHC or the ATHP websites. Alabama Heritage is proud to bring to you a selection of the places designated as perilous. Please keep your comments to information relevant to the featured place in peril. Alabama Heritage reserves the right to delete any comment that we deem inappropriate. Archives
May 2023
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