St. James CME, the oldest surviving Black church building in Tyler
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The St. James CME Church building at 408 North Border Avenue, likely built between 1889 and 1891 under the Rev. I. S. Persons and bricked and remodeled about 1920, is called by its 2004 National Register nomination the oldest surviving African American church in Tyler.
Sources
- National Register nomination: St. James Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (NR 04000887, 2004; THC Atlas)atlas.thc.texas.gov
the historic church building is the oldest surviving African American church in Tyler.
The Reverend I.S. Persons was a popular pastor who not only was responsible for the construction of the 1889-1891 church
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