Black churches get $4 million check to preserve structures and history
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 11, 2024
Some were designed by African American architects. A handful were founded by emancipated former slaves, another by a veteran of the Union Army's U.S. Colored Troops in Mississippi.
Their styles range from Romanesque Revival and Neoclassical Revival to contextual modernism; one is a rare, wood-framed antebellum structure, its exterior marked by a modest cornice and a simple . . .
