Beale Street Baptist gets $150K in county-funded repairs
Inside the 137-year-old First Baptist Church on Beale Street in Downtown Memphis. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said the grant from the county’s reserve fund is likely the first of several for a full restoration of the 137-year old church.
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