The New Hope Baptist Church and its adjacent cemetery are listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. Dates on surviving church records indicate that the church congregation was established around 1855. On October 10, 1855, the church purchased two acres of land at $10.00 per acre. It’s thought that the church building was built soon afterward. However, some features of the building appear to be from a later period, probably around the 1870s. These could be replacements of original features or they could reflect a later construction date.