Places to see at Bessemer, Alabama

Best Places to visit in Bessemer, Alabama - Best Things to do in Bessemer, AL
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Canaan Baptist Church Number 2 0.56 7
Religion, Churches, Interesting Places, Other Churches

The Canaan Baptist Church is a historic church at the junction of Laurel and 10th Streets in Texarkana, Arkansas. The single-story brick church was built in 1929 for an African-American congregation established in 1883. The building was designed by S. C. Cox, and exhibits Colonial Revival styling with some Gothic details, primarily in its pointed-arch windows.

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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Dunbar High School 0.91 7
Architecture, Historic Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

Dunbar Vocational High School (also known as Dunbar Vocational Career Academy, or DVCA) is a public 4\u2013year vocational high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Dunbar opened in 1942 and is operated by the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district. The school is named in honor of the African\u2013American poet, novelist, and playwright Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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Bessemer Hall of History 0.25 7
Railway Stations, Industrial Facilities, Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, History Museums, Local Museums

The Bessemer Hall of History is a museum located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of Bessemer, Alabama.

The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad (later Southern Railway) depot in downtown Bessemer. The depot, built by the AGS in 1916, served passengers until the Amtrak era began in the early 1970s. The building sat unused for several years, but was reopened by the city of Bessemer in 1985, and officially rededicated during the city's centennial observance in 1987. The museum houses a wide array of artifacts from the city's history as a mining, steelmaking, and industrial center. The building also houses artifacts relating to the brief imprisonment of Martin Luther King Jr. in the city. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as Southern Railway Terminal Station.

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Downtown Bessemer Historic District 0.18 6
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Downtown Bessemer Historic District, in Bessemer, Alabama, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The listing included 70 contributing buildings on 26 acres (11\u00a0ha).

The district is roughly bounded by 21st St., N., Carolina Ave., 19th St., N., 5th Ave., N. and the former Southern railroad tracks. Besides the 70 contributing buildings, it also included 71 non-contributing buildings and six non-contributing sites.

Some of the sites are:

  • the former Southern Railway Terminal Station (1916), 1905 Alabama Avenue, which was already separately listed on the National Register. Later became the \"Bessemer Hall of History\", a museum. It is a Prairie Style-influenced brick railroad passenger station.
  • Bessemer City Hall (1938-41), 1800 Third Avenue., a three-story buff brick building built in a modified Art Deco style, as a Works Progress Administration project. It has a square corner clock tower with the old City Hall's 1890 clock. It includes the City Auditorium.

  • Jefferson County Courthouse (1919), 1801 Third Avenue, a three-story buff brick building with \"the enframed block design popular in the early decades of the 20th century, especially for government buildings\". Its \"end bays project slightly with recessed panels and inset Ionic columns; five bays in central section between that are defined by slightly projecting piers.\"
  • Berney Bank Block (1887), with Richardsonian Romanesque features
  • Alabama Power Building (1926)
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Perry Chapel Mission Church 0.34 1
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Trinity Episcopal Church 0.39 1
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Faith Outreach Center 0.43 1
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Morning Star United Methodist Church 0.47 1
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Touching Jesus Independent Church 0.5 1
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Pettys African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel 0.55 1
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Greenleaf Baptist Church 0.6 1
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South Highland Baptist Church 0.6 1
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Greater Saint Pauls Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 0.62 1
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Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 0.64 1
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Friendship Baptist Church 0.65 1
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Shiloh Baptist Church 0.66 1
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Beulah Baptist Church 0.67 1
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Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church 0.68 1
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Beulah Baptist Church 0.69 1
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New Bethlehem Baptist Church 0.7 1
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Saint Paul Spiritual Church 0.71 1
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Greater Fourteenth Street Baptist Church 0.75 1
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Twentyfirst Street Baptist Church 0.77 1
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New Zion Baptist Church 0.84 1
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Jerusalem Baptist Church 0.85 1
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Ninth Street First Baptist Church 0.86 1
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West Side Baptist Church 0.9 1
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Good Hope Presbyterian Church 0.93 1
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Restoration Revival Tabernacle 0.93 1
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Zion Hill Baptist Church 0.95 1
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Zion Lutheran Church 0.96 1
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Calvary Baptist Church 0.98 1
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Porters Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 1 1
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New Jerusalem Baptist Church 1.02 1
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Bethel Baptist Church 1.05 1
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Renewed Hope Ministries 1.08 1
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Lakeside Church of Bessemer 1.1 1
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Seventh Street Baptist Church 1.13 1
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Twentyeighth Street Church of God 1.15 1
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Spiritual House of Prayer 1.22 1
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Twentyfourth Street Church of Christ 1.26 1
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Antioch Baptist Church Number 2 1.34 1
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Community Full Gospel Church 1.34 1
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Calvary Free Will Baptist Church 1.34 1
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Willing Workers Prayer Bank Church 1.36 1
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McNeil Baptist Church 1.37 1
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Bessemer Church of God 1.38 1
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First United Pentecostal Church 1.37 1
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Carver Outdoor Drive-In 1.37 1
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Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 \u2013 August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He contributed to the revitalization of the American short story during the 1980s.

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Cedar Hill Cemetery 1.4 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Faith Mission Holiness Church of God Number 3 1.5 1
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Greater Sixteenth Street Church of God 1.51 1
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Little Souls Saving Church 1.53 1
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Summit Life Church 1.58 1
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New Salem Baptist Church 1.63 1
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First Baptist Church of Jonesboro Heights 1.67 1
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First Bethel Baptist Church 1.71 1
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Highland Memorial Gardens 1.73 1
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Star Light Baptist Church 1.78 1
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Raimund Heights Baptist Church 1.78 1
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First Presbyterian Church of Bessemer 0.06 1
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State Theatre 0.08 1
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State Theatre or State Theater may refer to:

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Grand Theatre 0.11 1
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Grand Theatre, Grand Theater, Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre (French), may refer to:

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First Baptist Church of Bessemer 0.11 1
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Ebenezer Baptist Church 0.13 1
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First Church of God 0.16 1
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Frolic Theatre 0.18 1
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The New Amsterdam Theatre is a Broadway theater on 214 West 42nd Street, at the southern end of Times Square, in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City. One of the first Broadway venues to open in the Times Square neighborhood, the New Amsterdam was built from 1902 to 1903 to designs by Herts & Tallant. The theater is operated by Disney Theatrical Productions and has 1,702 seats across three levels. Both the Beaux-Arts exterior and the Art Nouveau interior of the building are New York City landmarks, and the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The theater's main entrance is through a 10-story office wing facing north on 42nd Street, while the auditorium is in the rear, facing south on 41st Street. The facade on 42nd Street is made of gray limestone and was originally ornamented with sculptural detail; the rest of the facade is made of brick. The lobby within the office wing leads to a set of ornamental foyers, a reception room, and men's and women's lounges. The elliptical auditorium contains two balconies cantilevered above a ground-level orchestra. Above the main auditorium is a now-disused roof theater, which opened in 1904 and also served as a studio. The theater has a steel frame and was designed with advanced mechanical systems for its time.

The New Amsterdam Theatre was named for the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, the precursor to New York City. Klaw and Erlanger operated the venue for more than two decades after its opening on October 26, 1903. From 1913 to 1927, the New Amsterdam was the home of the Ziegfeld Follies, whose producer, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., maintained an office in the building and operated the theater on the roof. Erlanger bought Klaw's interest in 1927, and the New Amsterdam was converted into a movie theater in 1937, in which capacity it served until 1983. The Nederlander Organization tried to redevelop the theater for ten years as part of the 42nd Street Development Project. It was then leased by The Walt Disney Company and renovated by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer from 1995 to 1997. After Disney took over the New Amsterdam's operation, the theater hosted the musical The Lion King, followed by Mary Poppins and Aladdin.

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Lincoln Theater 0.18 1
Cinemas, Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Broadway theater in the Lincoln Center complex at 150 West 65th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Operated by the nonprofit Lincoln Center Theater (LCT), the Beaumont is the only Broadway theater outside the Theater District near Times Square. Named after heiress and actress Vivian Beaumont Allen, the theater was one of the last structures designed by modernist architect Eero Saarinen. The theater shares a building with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and contains two off-Broadway venues, the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and the Claire Tow Theater.

The Beaumont occupies the southern and western sides of its building's first and second floors, while the library wraps above and on top of it. The main facade faces Lincoln Center's plaza and is made of glass and steel, with a travertine attic above. The main auditorium has approximately 1,080 seats across two levels, arranged in a steeply sloped semicircular layout. The Beaumont differs from traditional Broadway theaters because of its use of a flexible stage, which could be extended with a thrust stage of varying length. The layout led to complaints about inferior sightlines and acoustics in the theater's early years. The 299-seat Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater is in the basement and the 112-seat Claire Tow Theater is on the roof.

Allen donated $3 million for the theater's construction in 1958 but died before its completion. The Beaumont opened on October 21, 1965, and was originally operated by Jules Irving and Herbert Blau of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, generally presenting four shows a season. The Beaumont was managed by the New York Shakespeare Festival, under the direction of Joseph Papp, from 1973 to 1977. Richmond Crinkley took over the theater for the next eight years, with the Beaumont only operating for two seasons during that time. Controversies over the Beaumont's operation, a proposed renovation, and financial difficulties led to LCT being reorganized in 1985, with Gregory Mosher and Bernard Gersten taking over as the new Director and Executive Producer. The Beaumont became much more successful and was renovated in 1996. The theater has hosted several popular productions since the late 1980s, including Anything Goes, Contact, The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific, The King and I, and My Fair Lady.

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First Christian Church 0.19 1
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First Alliance Church of Bessemer 0.23 1
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Metropolitan Baptist Church 0.25 1
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Church of the Nazarene 0.26 1
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Blessed Assembly Church of God 0.26 1
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Saint Peter Primitive Baptist Church 0.27 1
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Fifteenth Street Baptist Church 0.28 1
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Calvary Church of God 0.29 1
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First United Methodist Church of Bessemer 0.33 1
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