St. John Baptist Church

During slavery, Negroes attended churches with their masters, often while caring for their children, but after the Civil War they were not allowed to attend church with white people. In response to this segregation, this congregation formed circa 1890 under the original name St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Myers of Carrollton donated the site, and after several years the congregation acquired funds to purchase the building, which originally stood at the corner of Crosby Road and IH-35E. The building was purchased in 1921 from Fannie Mae Bush for $250, payable in $25 installments. It was remodeled in 1953 to add a foyer and restrooms, rebuilt in 2005 with community volunteers and donations to remedy significant dilapidation and structural defects, and re-dedicated on January 6, 2007. This site was once part of a vibrant, if modest, black neighborhood in south Carrollton, and services have been held continuously since 1921 except during rebuilding.

Carrollton, Texas · United States