Shoal Creek Church, Historic Baptist church in Edwardsville, Alabama.
Shoal Creek Church is a wooden church building in Talladega National Forest near Edwardsville, Alabama. The present structure, the third built at the site, dates from 1895 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The present building is apparently the third church raised at this site; it was built in 1895 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1974. Membership relocation caused decline, and the last entry in the surviving minutes is dated September 6, 1914. No record marks a formal end to the fellowship.
The building's most regular use is an annual Sacred Harp singing, a shape-note choral tradition kept alive at the site. Since the congregation stopped meeting, the church has also been used occasionally for family gatherings, weddings and services of a local congregation.
The church stands in Talladega National Forest near Edwardsville, Alabama, and is reached by forest roads; check conditions before setting out. The building is used only occasionally for family gatherings, weddings, local church services and the annual Sacred Harp singing, so confirm access before travelling.
The building's most regular use today is an annual Sacred Harp singing, a shape-note choral tradition. The last entry in the surviving church minutes is dated September 6, 1914, and no record exists of a formal end to the congregation, which declined as members moved away.
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