Church

03.28.11 The Calvary United Methodist Church congregation was formed in the 1880s, when, per the historic inventory:

1004 North Mangum St., 11.07.09 In 1904, the First Baptist Church made plans to build a missionary church just outside of what was then the city limits. The property at the corner of Roxboro Road and Geer Street (now Mangum Street and Trinity Avenue) was donated to the Trustees of the “Baptist church worshipping on Mangum Street” by Fred C. Geer in...

One of my favorite small church structures in Durham, the building at 1801 East Main Street originally housed the Advent Christian Church. It was built in the early 1920s, and is the only church of that vintage still standing in East Durham. By 1944, it housed the "House of Prayer," which remained here at least through the 1960s. It currently...

North Driver and East Main Street, looking north, 1946. Carr United Methodist is partly visible on the left, before the completion of the sanctuary in 1949. (Courtesy Durham County Library / North Carolina Collection)

Holloway Street Christian Church, 1952 (Courtesy Duke Archives) The Holloway Street Christian Church appears to have been located at the corner of Spruce St. and Holloway St. sometime between 1923 and 1928. The sanctuary pictured above was built by 1937, but by its appearance, probably replaced an earlier structure. Holloway Street Christian Church, 05.02.57

Antioch Baptist Church, 10.02.10 The Holloway Street Baptist Church was established in 1941. I'm not sure of the construction date of this building, which appears to be newer. It does appear to have been built prior to 1950. The church is currently Antioch Baptist Church - County Commissioner Michael Page is Pastor.

Edgemont Free Will Baptist, looking southeast from East Main St., 1930s (Courtesy Charlie Gibbs) Edgemont Free Will Baptist church originated in a meeting on November 19, 1922 called by Reverend RV (Bob) Self and Reverend WE (Uncle Bill) Anderson. Per a church brochure, the church was "born in an old-time Holy Ghost revival." Reverend Anderson...

Durham Rescue Mission / former Fuller Memorial Presbyterian, 10.02.10 The former church building on the northeast corner of N. Alston and East Main St. was erected by the Fuller Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1928.

Union Missionary Baptist, 1960s. Union Missionary Baptist was founded in 1897, when John Robinson, Ed Hockaday, and John Thomas, with the help of Aaron Moore and White Rock Baptist Church organized a Sunday School for Baptist families living in the East End.

Watts Street Baptist Church, 1925 Watts Street Baptist Church was organized in 1923 to accomodate a growing Baptist community in north/west Durham that was somewhat far from First Baptist and Second/Temple Baptist. The initial group raised funds for a sanctuary, which was built in the Gothic Revival style, using stone similar to that utilized for...