What’s Alabama’s oldest church? Helen Keller was baptized here

It’s a church so old that Helen Keller worshipped there as a child.

Services still take place in the Georgian Gothic sanctuary, almost 200 years later, and visitors can view the original slave gallery, preserved through time.

Here’s what to know about Alabama’s oldest church.

What is Alabama’s oldest church?

First Presbyterian Church in Tuscumbia is Alabama’s oldest continuously operating house of worship. Founded in 1824 by Rev. Gideon Blackburn, the sanctuary was built from 1826 to 1827…

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