St. Phillip A.M.E. Church was organized by 1835 and first met in a brush arbor 1 ½ mi. north of here before constructing a sanctuary on this site shortly thereafter. Its first pastor was Rev. Anderson Burns, and its original trustees were Joseph and Robert Collins, Barnes Flowers, Saylor Pope, Harkness Smith, and Red Stroy. A later sanctuary was built in 1952, burned in 1981, and the present sanctuary was dedicated that year.