{"id":205,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-08-19 21:25:48","latitude":35.785078509626401910281856544315814971923828125,"longitude":-78.66094529628753662109375,"title":"Pullen Memorial Baptist Church","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/9ceedf26a0ac7111edd627956270f0da.jpg","address":"1801 Hillsborough Street","all_locations":[],"zoom":18,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"Pullen Memorial Baptist Church is one of a few church congregations in Raleigh that was very supportive—and very publicly so—to the LGBTQIA+ communities in the 1980s and 1990s. The church hosted educational conferences in the 1980s and its pastor officiated at the blessing of a same-sex union in 1993. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nBuild Date: 1935<br />\r\nLGBTQIA+ Associated: 1980s-1990s","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/lqbtqia-site-evaluation-pullen-memorial-baptist-church.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Site Evaluation\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Site Evaluation</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/9ceedf26a0ac7111edd627956270f0da.jpg":{"id":1053,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Pullen Baptist Memorial Church 2024 facade 2.JPG","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/9ceedf26a0ac7111edd627956270f0da.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/14a4f1963c4168394f663684b179f621.jpg":{"id":1054,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Pullen Baptist Memorial Church 2024 entry patio from Cox Ave.JPG","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/14a4f1963c4168394f663684b179f621.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/0b8464b9872a8b57ee620e5e5d5087c9.jpg":{"id":1055,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Pullen Baptist Memorial Church 2024 addition 2.JPG","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/0b8464b9872a8b57ee620e5e5d5087c9.jpg"}}}