I attended the Broadway Christian Church for about 5 years in the mid-1990s; it is a storied church with a long and schismatic history. Since conducting its first service on May 1, 1870, the church has been a leader in the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement and has planted many of the “Christian” Churches now in the area.
The current church is the third “Broadway” at the Broadway/Second Street location. The first on the site was an old Presbyterian Church, torn down in 1890 and replaced by another structure that served from 1891 until a 1916 fire. The current sanctuary rose from the ashes in 1917 and two major additions followed in the mid-to-late 1900s.
One of the most memorable features of the church are the hallway behind the sanctuary and the long hallway underneath the sanctuary (off of which are some of the old Sunday School classrooms). Along the former are paintings and/or photographs of each of the church’s senior ministers. Along the latter are pictures from the church’s long history (which details a great bit of Lexington’s history, as well).
I went there from the early 1960 to 1980 something Marshall Leggett baptized me when I was 12yrs old I loved that church love to have a nice picture of it?
There are some great pictures of Broadway on exploreuk.uky.edu. I remember Bro. Leggett came back in the 1990s to preach a guest Sunday. I remember him being very dynamic and excellent in the pulpit.