Antioch Baptist Church (St. Louis, Missouri)

The Antioch Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri is a church long important in the Black community of the Ville neighborhood of North St. Louis. It is located in a Gothic Revival-style brick building at 4213 N. Market St. which was built in 1921. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The church was established in 1878 by 12 members of the Black community at a home on what was then named Wash Street in what was then Elleardsville, a suburb recently incorporated into the city. The congregation grew, and eventually acquired a site on Kennerly, built a frame church, and was incorporated in 1884. According to the 1999 National Register nomination:The Black population of the Ville grew dramatically from World War I onwards as the application of race-restrictive covenants prevented Blacks from living in many other areas of north St. Louis. After purchasing the predominantly white Goode Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in 1909 for $6,000 (located on the present site of Antioch's Educational Building), the church continued to expand. When fund raising for a new sanctuary began in 1915, the congregation had nearly 500 members. By the October 1920 cornerstone laying ceremony, the congregation had swelled to over 700 members. The church was designed by W. B. Robinson and was built by T.J. Ward Construction Co., with final cost including the pu

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