Antioch Missionary Baptist Church - Houston, Texas
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JimmyEv
N 29° 45.385 W 095° 22.325
15R E 270627 N 3294152
This church, dwarfed by the skyscrapers surrounding it, was the center of a small black residential and commercial area after the Civil War. The congregation had been founded by freed slaves in 1866 as the first black Baptist church in Houston.
Waymark Code: WMYFF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2006
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Richard Allen, a church member and Reconstruction representative in the Texas Legislature, built a one-story frame structure for the Antioch Missionary Baptist congregation at this site in 1879. The Rev. John Henry Yates, a slave born in Virginia and brought to Texas by his owner during the Civil War, moved to Houston shortly after the 1865 emancipation. He became the church’s first full-time pastor, enlarging the church to its present size in 1894.
Stained glass decorating the windows of the church contain portraits of prominent figures associated with the church. The exterior of the church remains near it’s original state, with a replaced steeple and some minor additions. The best views of the church are from the glass skywalk linking Allen Center to it’s parking garage.
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