Swift Presbyterian Church
Swift Church Rd., Miflin, ALBaldwin County's vast pine forests attracted lumber industries in growing numbers by the turn of the century. These industries in turn bred communities complete with houses, schools and churches. One such community, on the northern reaches of Wolf Bay, was Miflin. By 1905 this rural hamlet had a school and many houses but no church. One of the lumber barons in the area, C. A. Swift, provided the land and lumber for a Presbyterian Church which was begun in 1905. The building was completed in 1907 and formally organized by the Presbytery of Mobile in 1910. Swift himself became an elder and remained a generous contributor. The church was named in his honor in 1924. The congregation was always small, hovering around fifty. The present congregation is constructing a new church to the west but will retain the original.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.