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Dexter Parsonage Museum

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and his family while he was pastor, from 1954 until 1960. In January 1956, during the
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porch runs across the front, and the entry door has diamond-paneled
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and gable on the south side of the façade. A full-width
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Mertins, Ellen; Neely, Mary Ann (September 1, 1981).
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Montgomery, Alabama
32°22′23″N 86°17′46″W / 32.37306°N 86.29611°W / 32.37306; -86.29611
Centennial Hill Historic District
ARLH
82002064
Montgomery, Alabama
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
parsonage
Martin Luther King Jr.
Montgomery bus boycott
clapboard
pyramidal roof
shed roofed
sidelights
transom
mantels
National Register of Historic Places


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