Aimwell Baptist Church is a historic African American

African American

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 church in Mobile

Mobile, Alabama

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, Alabama

Alabama

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. The Baptist

Baptist

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 congregation was established in 1890 by two brothers, it took two years for the erection of the first building. The current building, with Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

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 influences, was designed in 1946 by Nathaniel Heningburg and incorporates elements from the original structure. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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on May 29, 2008.