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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Baptist congregation with Rev L.E. Avant as pastor.
The Story
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was located at 514 Lesters Street, serving a residential neighborhood. Rev. L.E. Avant served as pastor according to the 1909-10 city directory. This church served the African American community in Poplar Bluff.
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A church serving the local African-American community.
“The school, along with the neighboring 1917 Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, served as the heart of the local African-American community.”
A church serving the African American community, organized in the early 1880s.
“The Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, (Negro) was organized in the early '80's and is today a live, wide awake organization”
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City Directory Listings
This address appears in the following historic city directory listings.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
514 Lesters
Dunham Directory Co.'s Poplar Bluff Missouri City Directory for 1909-1910
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
817 Garfield
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
811 Garfield
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
811
Drury's Poplar Bluff City Directory 1931
Quick Facts
Era
1900s
Year Built
1909
Area
Residential District
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