Calvary Baptist Church (Wichita, Kansas)

Calvary Baptist Church was organized 1878 to serve the growing African-American population of the city.

[1] By the 1880s, there were two-dozen black families on Main Street in the shadow of the Sedgwick County Courthouse.

[3] The structure was built between c.1917 and 1920 and replaced an earlier church on the site constructed in 1911 and soon deemed unsafe by the state fire marshall.

The east façade is dominated by the entrance which consists of a triangular pediment resting on four two-story limestone columns.

A flight of stairs leads from the street level to a small portico containing entrance doors.

Portions of the main floor can be closed to accommodate Sunday school classes or other activities.