page_title: McKissack & McKissack
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caption_attribution_description: Miami, Florida: Overtown: St. John&#39;s Baptist Church
context_page_description: McKissack & McKissack is an American architecture and engineering firm based for many years in Nashville, Tennessee, and now based in New York City and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1905, it was the first African-American-owned architectural firm in the United States and is the oldest African American-owned architecture and engineering firm in the country.
context_section_description: McKissack & McKissack is an American architecture and engineering firm based for many years in Nashville, Tennessee, and now based in New York City and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1905, it was the first African-American-owned architectural firm in the United States and is the oldest African American-owned architecture and engineering firm in the country.
caption: St. John's Baptist Church, Miami; built in 1940
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