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Montgomery Hill Baptist Church

Danny Hall Rd. (CR 80 off Hwy. 59), Tensaw (Stockton), AL 36579

Baldwin County

The oldest surviving church building in Baldwin County, this church fellowship was established in 1840. The congregation’s country Greek Revival style church building was erected in 1854. The classical proportions, symmetry, low-pitched roof, and treatment of the gable end as a triangular pediment are characteristics of this neoclassical style. Continuing the pilaster motif along the church building’s sides is an unusual treatment, but it conforms to the high quality of this simple, but elegant, one-room sanctuary that features graining and paneling. The building retains the original slave gallery. A large cemetery is to the left of the church. The Baldwin County Historic Development Commission has placed a plaque at the church front.