Dexter Parsonage Museum

About us:

The Dexter Parsonage Museum, historic home to twelve pastors of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church from 1920-1992, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was restored in 2003 by the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Foundation, Inc., under the direction of church members, acting as an Authentication Committee, and It was home to Reverend Martin Luther King, early Civil Rights leader Vernon Johns and ten other pastors of the historic Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church. The site features an interpretive center, a serene garden and a gift shop.