Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
The church's exterior
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Location	313 Robin St., Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°45′20″N 95°21′54″W / 29.75556°N 95.36500°W / 29.75556; -95.36500Coordinates: 29°45′20″N 95°21′54″W / 29.75556°N 95.36500°W / 29.75556; -95.36500
Area	less than one acre
Built	1875
Architect	Allen,Richard
NRHP Reference #	76002038[1]
RTHL #	10597
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1976
Designated RTHL	1994

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 313 Robin Street in Downtown Houston, Texas. It was historically a part of the Fourth Ward.^[2]

The church originated from a brush arbor along the Buffalo Bayou.^[3] It was built in 1875 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Jack Yates once served as the pastor of this church.^[4]

As of 2003 the church has a "Jesus Saves" sign. Rod Davis of the San Antonio Express-News said that the presence of the sign, which "still makes a footnote to the downtown skyscrapers," was "evidence that the oldest African American Baptist church (1875) in the city thrives as well as it did when the Rev. Jack Yates, a former slave, served as its first pastor."^[2]

See also

• Christianity in Houston
• History of the African-Americans in Houston

References

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