16th Street Baptist Church

16th Street Baptist Church is a sightseeing stop in Birmingham, AL, part of the Greater Birmingham guide. Cost: under $25.

1530 6th Ave N · Birmingham, AL

Why you should go…

Designed by architect Wallace Rayfield and completed in 1911, 16th Street Baptist Church is home to the first Black congregation in Birmingham. On September 15, 1963, a Ku Klux Klan bomb planted outside the basement killed Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair. Guided tours take about an hour and cover the church's history and the bombing. The building is a National Historic Landmark and part of Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument.

#civil rights history
#historic church
#national historic landmark
#guided tour

What's around here?

The closest stops to 16th Street Baptist Church, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Museums
History Buff
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Under $25
Walk through self-guided galleries that trace the Birmingham Campaign and the wider American civil rights movement.
Right next doorSwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
History Buff
Sloss Furnaces
Free
Walk among the blast furnaces and machinery of a Birmingham pig iron plant that ran from 1882 to 1971.
1.4 mi awayMore like this
Museums
Rainy-Day Pick
Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
$25–$50
See more than 1,000 motorcycles on display from over a century of production, plus a large collection of Lotus race cars.
12 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Attractions
Iconic
Talladega Superspeedway
Under $25
See NASCAR's 2.66-mile tri-oval with 33-degree banked turns, on race weekends or at the motorsports hall of fame next door.
43 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions
Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor Adventure
Cheaha State Park
Under $25
Hike to granite overlooks and climb a stone tower on Cheaha Mountain, the highest point in Alabama.
58 mi awaySwitch it up: Sport & Outdoor